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Impact of a Robot and Tangible Object (R&T) Integrated Learning System on Elementary EFL Learners' English Pronunciation and Willingness to Communicate
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Wen-Min Hsieh; Hui-Chin Yeh; Nian-Shing Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Research on how the use of social robots helps improve English as Foreign Language (EFL) young learners' pronunciation and willingness to communicate (WTC) is understudied. This study developed a robot and tangible objects (R&T) learning system and examined its impact on elementary EFL learner's English pronunciation and WTC. The R&T…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis
Discussing with a Computer to Practice a Foreign Language: Research Synthesis and Conceptual Framework of Dialogue-Based CALL
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Bibauw, Serge; François, Thomas; Desmet, Piet – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
This article presents the results of a systematic review of the literature on dialogue-based CALL, resulting in a conceptual framework for research on the matter. Applications allowing a learner to have a conversation in a foreign language with a computer have been studied from various perspectives and under different names (dialogue systems,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Technologies for Foreign Language Learning: A Review of Technology Types and Their Effectiveness
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Golonka, Ewa M.; Bowles, Anita R.; Frank, Victor M.; Richardson, Dorna L.; Freynik, Suzanne – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This review summarizes evidence for the effectiveness of technology use in foreign language (FL) learning and teaching, with a focus on empirical studies that compare the use of newer technologies with more traditional methods or materials. The review of over 350 studies (including classroom-based technologies, individual study tools,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Pronunciation Feedback from Real and Virtual Language Teachers
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Engwall, Olov; Balter, Olle – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
The aim of this paper is to summarise how pronunciation feedback on the phoneme level should be given in computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) in order to be effective. The study contains a literature survey of feedback in the language classroom, interviews with language teachers and their students about their attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation, Language Teachers