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Muzakki Bashori; Roeland van Hout; Helmer Strik; Catia Cucchiarini – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Speaking skills generally receive little attention in traditional English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, and this is especially the case in secondary education in Indonesia. A vocabulary deficit and poor pronunciation skills hinder learners in their efforts to improve speaking proficiency. In the present study, we investigated the effects…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Audio Equipment, Video Technology
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Galip Kartal – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The overarching goal of this design-based research was to explore WhatsApp's potential for facilitating and supporting speaking and pronunciation instruction in an EFL large-class speaking course. More specifically, this paper explored the perceived learning outcomes of WhatsApp-supported pedagogy in large English-speaking classes. Ninety-nine…
Descriptors: Computer Software, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Digital technologies have been widely used to enhance language learning, the effectiveness of which has been acknowledged in the literature. With the rapid development of digital devices and technologies, increasing technologies have been used in the most recent several years, leading to more diversified approaches to language education. This…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Timpe-Laughlin, Veronika; Sydorenko, Tetyana; Daurio, Phoebe – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Often, second/foreign (L2) language learners receive little opportunity to interact orally in the target language. Interactive, conversation-based spoken dialog systems (SDSs) that use automated speech recognition and natural language processing have the potential to address this need by engaging learners in meaningful, goal-oriented speaking…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Dialogs (Language)
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Hsu, Hsiu-Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This paper reports on an exploratory study that investigated the effect of extensive speaking practice on the development of L2 speaking complexity, accuracy, and fluency in voice blogging. The participants were 30 college EFL (English as a foreign language) learners in Taiwan. As a supplement to the insufficient speaking practice in class, each…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Language Fluency, College Students
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Kessler, Greg – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
This study compares characteristics of fluency in student audio journals recorded in a laboratory setting with those recorded using mobile audio devices. Forty graduate students enrolled in four oral communication courses at an American university recorded weekly audio journals for a 10-week term. Students chose the environment in which they…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Speech Communication, Academic Achievement, Laboratories