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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
Electronic Writing Portfolio in a Collaborative Writing Environment: Its Impact on EFL Students' Writing Performance
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Jalil Fathi; Masoud Rahimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Adopting a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of electronic writing portfolio on writing performance in English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Two intact classes were first selected and randomly assigned to an electronic writing portfolio group (22 EFL students) and a conventional (i.e. paper-based)…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Portfolios (Background Materials), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Can Automated Machine Translation Evaluation Metrics Be Used to Assess Students' Interpretation in the Language Learning Classroom?
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Han, Chao; Lu, Xiaolei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
The use of translation and interpreting (T&I) in the language learning classroom is commonplace, serving various pedagogical and assessment purposes. Previous utilization of T&I exercises is driven largely by their potential to enhance language learning, whereas the latest trend has begun to underscore T&I as a crucial skill to be…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Correlation, Language Processing
The Comparative Effects of Metalinguistic Clue and Metalinguistic Explanation in Computer-Mediated Form-Focused Practice: Does Prior Knowledge Matter?
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Yamashita, Taichi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
The present quasi-experimental study investigated the comparative effects of metalinguistic clue (MC) and metalinguistic explanation (ME) on the accurate use of Japanese transaction expressions. The study recruited 25 learners in a second-semester Japanese course (i.e. non-introduced group) and 17 students in a fourth-semester course (i.e.…
Descriptors: Cues, Metalinguistics, Prior Learning, Oral Language
Impact of Flipped Classroom on EFL Learners' Appropriate Use of Refusal: Achievement, Participation, Perception
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Haghighi, Hamzeh; Jafarigohar, Manoochehr; Khoshsima, Hooshang; Vahdany, Fereidoon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
With the emergence of innovative mobile-based tools, new opportunities have been made to enhance the quality of language learning. Keeping this in mind, the current study aimed to investigate the impact of a flipped classroom on enhancing EFL learners' pragmatic competence. To this end, 60 EFL learners from two universities in Iran were assigned…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction