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Lye, Lori – CALICO Journal, 2022
While mobile devices have become increasingly integral to students' lives, there is an apparent disconnect between this trend and our second language (L2) pedagogy. The present study investigates potential benefits of a nontraditional assignment, texting, on vocabulary acquisition and motivation in adult learners of Spanish. Quantitative results…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Synchronous Communication
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Christina Garcia; Dan Nickolai; Lillian Jones – CALICO Journal, 2020
This paper presents a 15-week classroom study measuring the student outcomes of instructor-led pronunciation lessons versus entirely ASR-based pronunciation training. Seventy-six second-semester Spanish language learners were divided into two groups, one experimental (n=44) and one control (n=32). Over the course of six modules, both groups…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
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Rockey, Catherine; Tiegs, Jessica; Fernández, Julieta – CALICO Journal, 2020
In response to calls for improving the quality of DCTs as data-gathering instruments, this study investigates the effectiveness of technology-enhanced discourse completion tasks (TE-DCTs) as a method for eliciting nonverbal speaker data. We used a mobile application to administer four TE-DCTs to native speakers (L1) and intermediate and advanced…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Task Analysis, Speech Acts
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Jaya Kannan; Sara J. Brenneis; Sanam Nader-Esfahani – CALICO Journal, 2021
The use of digital exhibitions in two advanced language and culture courses within a liberal arts curriculum provides an innovative pedagogical approach to promoting language learning and critical analysis. This article proposes a pedagogy to incorporate Maker-Centered Learning (MCL), the framework that emerged from a Harvard Graduate School of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness, French
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Back, Michele; Zavala, Virginia; Franco, Raiza – CALICO Journal, 2022
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected K-12 education worldwide, Peru has faced particularly unique challenges. A combination of quarantine requirements and unequal access to remote learning technology led to the creation of a series of multimodal programs by Peru's Ministry of Education under the umbrella title Aprendo en Casa [I…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Wesely, Pamela M.; Plummer, Elizabeth – CALICO Journal, 2017
This study focuses on how Spanish teachers in four different rural US high schools use computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in their classrooms, and the nature of the relationship between their use of CALL and their experience of learning about CALL. A situated learning framework was used to evaluate the teachers' learning opportunities in…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Teachers, Rural Schools, High Schools
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Plonsky, Luke – CALICO Journal, 2015
There are a number of methodological practices commonly employed by CALL researchers that limit progress in the field. Some of these practices are particular to replication research, but most are more general and are found throughout the field. I describe in this paper two studies that are fabricated but that resemble much of what is found in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Sánchez-Castro, Olga; Strambi, Antonella – CALICO Journal, 2017
This study explores the potential contribution of Eggins and Slade's (2004) Speech Functions as tools for describing learners' participation patterns in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (SCMC). Our analysis focuses on the relationship between learners' self-efficacy (i.e. personal judgments of second language performance capabilities)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Synchronous Communication, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Scida, Emily E.; Jones, Jill N. – CALICO Journal, 2016
This study reports on the rehybridization of three beginning-level Spanish courses and the effect of the new redesigned courses on student learning and on self-reported levels of anxiety. The data collected included pretests and posttests of listening comprehension, linguistic knowledge, and foreign language anxiety, as well as qualitative data on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety
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Collentine, Joseph; Collentine, Karina – CALICO Journal, 2015
Conceptual replication within a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environment provides an understanding of the generalizability of second language acquisition (SLA) research (Porte, 2013; Smith & Schulze, 2013). The present study replicates Collentine (1998a), a classroom-based experiment framed within a larger discussion on the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Grammar, Teaching Methods
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Castaneda, Martha E. – CALICO Journal, 2013
This case study examines students' experiences regarding the infusion of digital storytelling in their high school fourth-year Spanish class. The aim of this case study is to determine if digital storytelling can be an effective tool for language learners to communicate emotion and present information to an audience. Sources of information for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Processes, Reflection, Second Language Learning
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Otto, Sue E. K. – CALICO Journal, 2010
In this article, the author describes a series of projects that James Pusack and the author engaged in together, a number of them to develop CALL authoring tools. With their shared love of technology and dedication to language teaching and learning, they embarked on a long and immensely enjoyable career in CALL during which each project evolved…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, German, Teaching Methods
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Gonzalez-Lloret, Marta – CALICO Journal, 2011
The potential of computer-mediated communication (CMC) for language learning resides mainly in the possibility that learners have to engage with other speakers of the language, including L1 speakers. The inclusion of CMC in the L2 classroom provides an opportunity for students to utilize authentic language in real interaction, rather than the more…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pardo-Ballester, Cristina; Rodriguez, Julio Cesar – CALICO Journal, 2010
This article reports on the use of design-based research (DBR) in the development of online reading materials for beginning and intermediate Spanish learners. The report focuses on four studies of two main aspects of the development, namely, interface design and learner perceptions. The discussion of interface design includes the analysis of…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials, Reading Instruction
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Goodfellow, Robin; Laurillard, Diana – CALICO Journal, 1994
Studies the performance of a novice Spanish student using a Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) system designed for vocabulary enlargement. Results indicate that introspective evidence may be used to validate performance data within a theoretical framework that characterizes the learning approach as "surface" or "deep." (25 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
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