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Mengtian Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This article discusses whether digital visual and audio feedback in learners' own voices improves their perception and production of lexical tones in Chinese as a foreign language. Forty-four beginners participated in a four-week training focused on the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese tones at the word level. Half received digital feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction, Mandarin Chinese
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Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Multimedia technology has been advancing the development of second/foreign language learning over the past two decades. Multimedia input (e.g. text, images, audio, animation, and captions/subtitles) has been extensively investigated and applied as facilitative in second/foreign language education. The increasing recognition and application appear…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Burston, Jack – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
In this paper the development of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) over the past 20 years is reviewed with a particular focus on the pedagogical challenges facing its exploitation. Following a consideration of the definition of mobile learning, the paper describes the dominant mobile technologies upon which MALL applications have been…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Abraham, Lee B. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
Language learners have unprecedented opportunities for developing second language literacy skills and intercultural understanding by reading authentic texts on the Internet and in multimedia computer-assisted language learning environments. This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 11 studies of computer-mediated glosses in second…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Effect Size, Educational Technology
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Brett, Paul – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
This study, undertaken to assess the feasibility of the integration of a multimedia learning provision into a university language curriculum, reports results from a questionnaire of 107 undergraduates' attitudes toward the use of a multimedia program. Implications are that multimedia can play a beneficial role in the curriculum and may facilitate…
Descriptors: Business English, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
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Klassen, Johanna; Milton, Philip – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
Evaluated the effectiveness of a multimedia-based English language learning program at a Hong Kong university. Pretesting and posttesting of students who did and did not take a required course in a multimedia enhanced mode indicated that intervention students had significantly improved listening skills. Results demonstrated positive attitudinal…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Feedback, Foreign Countries