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Portnoff, Lucy; Gustafson, Erin; Rollinson, Joseph; Bicknell, Klinton – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2021
Students using self-directed learning platforms, such as Duolingo, cannot be adequately assessed relying solely on responses to standard learning exercises due to a lack of control over learners' choices in how to utilize the platform: for example, how learners choose to sequence their studying and how much they choose to revisit old material. To…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning
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Ilic, Peter – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This paper reflects on an attempt to introduce smartphones into a blended learning context and highlights several methodological considerations relevant to the collection of mobile data. While mixed methods are now common, using this approach for investigating the challenges of mobile data collection is not as common. This study employed a mixed…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Blended Learning
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Renner, Julia – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This article deals with the challenges of data collection from a Conversation Analysis (CA) perspective to researching synchronous, audio-visual eTandems. Conversation analysis is a research tradition that developed out of ethnomethodology and is concerned with the question of how social interaction in naturally occurring situations is organized.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, Synchronous Communication
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Aranha, Solange; Leone, Paola – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This contribution aims at (1) discussing the characteristics of collecting, filing and storing data to have a databank of oral interactions between university students whose main objective is the learning of a second language through teletandem; and (2) defining the steps for further collections and storage. Our data are Skype sessions of foreign…
Descriptors: Databases, Data Collection, College Students, Speech Communication
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Combe, Christelle; Codreanu, Tatiana – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The potential for computer-supported learning in educational contexts has opened up the possibilities for learners to interact in informal contexts outside the classroom. The context of the present research is a young American individual's vlog on YouTube sharing his experiences as a learner of French. This paper focuses on the potential use of…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals, Student Journals, Web Sites
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Nocchi, Susanna; Blin, Françoise – Research-publishing.net, 2013
Notwithstanding their potential for novel approaches to language teaching and learning, Virtual Worlds (VWs) present numerous technological and pedagogical challenges that require new paradigms if the language learning experience and outcomes are to be successful. In this presentation, we argue that the notions of presence and affordance, together…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Italian, Second Language Learning, Web Based Instruction
Mayala, Nsebeng-Kimanese – 1990
In research on second language instruction, the researcher's knowledge of the learner's background has not always been central in data collection. However, data collection is part of a research design that should include both a description of the sample population and the role of the learner in the decision to carry out a given study.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Hyltenstam, Kenneth – 1983
Different language sample elicitation techniques may be appropriate for different linguistic phenomena and for learners at different phases of acquisition. These techniques include elicited production, manipulation of given linguistic material (sentence combining, sentence completion), intuition and grammaticality judgment tests, introspection,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Data Collection, Developmental Stages
Liou, Hsien-Chin – 1995
This paper discusses the assessment of learner strategies in the computer-assisted language learning context. It first reviews empirical studies, including two recent projects that have used the computer to record the interactive process where second language learners demonstrate different on-line language learning behavior, operationalized as…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Collection, English (Second Language)
Nunan, David – 1991
The state of second language acquisition research, particularly that which is classroom-oriented, is examined in a review of 50 empirical investigations undertaken over the last 25 years. The studies were analyzed according to the following dimensions: the environment in which the data were collected (classroom, naturalistic, simulated classroom,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Data Collection, Educational Environment
Patrie, James – 1986
In linguistic analysis of the speech act, the data used to support theoretical conclusions are too often comprised of semantically isolated utterances of the ideal speaker-hearer. In reality, one of the most revealing kinds of data is imperfect data, where the functioning language processes are often unmasked. The study of first language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Campbell, Cherry; And Others – 1977
Foreigner talk (FT) is the term used to characterize possible adjustments in the speech of a native speaker (NS) when he or she is in conversation with a non-native speaker (NNS). The paper examines conversations between 6 native speakers and 3 non-native speakers and characterizes the speech of the native-speakers involved. The data were…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Language Patterns
Van Elsen, Edwig; And Others – 1990
The development of a Computer Assisted Language Learning for Information Organization and Production in Europe (CALLIOPE) program is discussed. CALLIOPE is a program launched by the European Community that is intended to provide computer-based foreign language instruction for the business and industrial environment. Program goals are two-fold: (1)…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Kenyon, Dorry Mann; Stansfield, Charles W. – 1991
One aspect of the development of a performance assessment is addressed--the field testing of the tasks. In a performance-based assessment, the tasks must allow each examinee a fair and equal opportunity to give the best possible demonstration of his or her ability, and must elicit a performance sample that enables scorers to evaluate each examinee…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, College Students, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Aitken, Joan E. – Online Submission, 2006
The paper offers ideas for assessing and teaching English language learners (ELL)--English as Second Language (ESL, 2L, CLD) learners--through dynamic evaluation using children's literature. Given the increased demands within the general education classroom, the teacher needs ways to combine assessment procedures with effective instructional…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, State Standards, Reading Diagnosis