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Olsen, Michael K. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Evidence that L2 learners of Spanish overgeneralize indirect object pronouns (OPs) to direct object contexts with human referents and direct OPs to indirect object contexts with nonhuman referents has been provided by Zyzik (2006), Malovrh (2008), and Olsen and Juffs (2022). However, the effect of instruction on this phenomenon has not been…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Loewen, Shawn; Isbell, Daniel R.; Sporn, Zachary – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
Hundreds of millions of language learners around the globe study a second language with popular apps such as Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, Busuu, and Babbel. This study examined the effectiveness of one app, Babbel, for developing both receptive linguistic knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, as well as oral communicative ability in Spanish as a second…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Li, Linghong; Valcke, Martin; Dessein, Bart; Badan, Linda; Anderl, Christoph – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
The increasing attention on Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) pronunciation instruction gives us an opportunity to look into the current directions of teaching CFL and the specific instructional pronunciation strategies employed by CFL teachers. This paper offers a review of empirical evidence on the use and impact of instructional pronunciation…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Pronunciation Instruction, Suprasegmentals
Reinhardt, Jonathon – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
As L2 (foreign and second language) instructors and materials designers are faced with online and distance learning mandates, new perspectives on how to use familiar, everyday technologies that learners can access from home like social media are welcome. Imagining these new uses, however, may require going beyond the traditional computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Jiang, Xiangying; Rollinson, Joseph; Plonsky, Luke; Gustafson, Erin; Pajak, Bozena – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
Duolingo is a commercial language-teaching platform that offers free courses on the web and on mobile apps. This study reports the ACTFL listening and reading proficiency levels of adult Duolingo learners who had completed beginning-level courses in Spanish or French. The participants (n = 225) were learners residing in the United States, had…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Paesani, Kate – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
As we work to provide coherent and systematic professional development for online language teachers, a consideration of findings from teacher development research is essential. This essay begins by briefly overviewing this research as well as investigations into teacher learning related to online instruction, with a specific focus on studies…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Language Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Williams, Lawrence; Abraham, Lee B.; Bostelmann, Evan D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in-service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in-service K--2 foreign language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Classification
Garrett-Rucks, Paula – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
Fostering and assessing language learners' cultural understanding is a daunting task, particularly at the early stages of language learning with target language instruction. The purpose of this study was to explore the development of beginning French language learners' intercultural understanding in a computer-mediated environment where students…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Cultural Awareness, French, Second Language Instruction
Arnold, Nike – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
The ability to make effective use of technology is becoming increasingly important for prospective language teachers. As a result, many teacher preparation programs include some form of training in computer assisted language learning (CALL). This study focuses on one component of such training, the textbooks used in methods courses, and employs…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Neville, David O. – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
The essay is a conceptual analysis from an instructional design perspective exploring the feasibility of using three-dimensional digital game-based learning (3D-DGBL) environments to assist in second language acquisition (SLA). It examines the shared characteristics of narrative within theories of situated cognition, context-based approaches to…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Video Games, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kim, Hoe Kyeung; Rissel, Dorothy – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
Computer technology has the potential to provide rich resources for language teaching and learning. However, it continues to be underutilized, even though its availability, familiarity, and sophistication are steadily increasing. This case study explored the way in which three language instructors' beliefs about language teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction

Schwartz, Michael – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Describes a variety of possible uses of computers in second- language instruction that go beyond traditional drill-and-practice programs. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Language Laboratories, Language Research

Rankin, Walter – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Online chatrooms can be incorporated into the course syllabi of foreign language courses as a regular homework assignment to encourage students to use the target language actively and frequently. By scheduling regular visits to a foreign language specific chatroom, the foreign language instructor can greatly increase the amount of time students…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Internet

Nicholas, Mary A.; Toporski, Neil – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
A Lehigh University project to develop interactive video materials for use in upper-level Russian language courses is reported. Russian film clips on laser disc are used to improve writing and speaking skills, stimulate students' critical thinking, and encourage students' collaborative learning. (Contains 23 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Higher Education

Schunk, Susan J.; Waisbrot, Janet W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Explains how traditional materials available to most teachers can be a point of departure for a program which focuses on communicative competence and suggests ways of incorporating computer programs, slide/sound presentations, and conversational activities into the curriculum. (EKN)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction