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Enhancing Motivation with Cultural Narratives in Computer-Mediated Communication
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Vinther, Jane – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
The framework of this study is cooperation between students of English at a Chinese university and their counterparts at a Danish university, i.e. neither group of students are native speakers of English. The theoretical framework for the study is Vygotsky's sociocultural approach combined with the work by a number of researchers on the link…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Constructivism (Learning), Interpersonal Relationship
English as a Second Language on a Virtual Platform--Tradition and Innovation in a New Medium
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Hansson, Thomas – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
A pilot study at a local school explores a virtual world during English lessons. The objective of applying a Vygotskian experimental design to the study is to investigate the potential of software, interaction and integration related to problem-solving defined as text composition in a foreign language. Focus of research and practices is on the…
Descriptors: Interaction, Second Language Instruction, Integrated Activities, Video Games
Can Parsers Be a Legitimate Pedagogical Tool?
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Vinther, Jane – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2004
Parsers are rarely used in language instruction as a primary tool towards a pedagogical end. Visual Interactive Syntax Learning (=VISL) is a programme which is basically a parser put to pedagogical use. It can analyse sentences in 13 different languages, the most advanced programmes being English and Portuguese. The pedagogical purpose is to teach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syntax, Student Attitudes, Linguistics