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Back, Michele – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
Although study abroad is viewed as an ideal environment for interaction in the target language, research in this area has relied mostly upon self-reported data, which pose challenges regarding recall bias and participant commitment. This article shows how Facebook data can be used to analyze naturally occurring learner interactions during study…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Study Abroad, Internet, Ethnography
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Ritchie, Mathy; Black, Catherine – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
Improving university students' writing skills is always a challenge. In a third-year French composition course, the researchers introduced the use of public Internet discussion forums to see if that would help achieve the argumentative writing skills goals that were set for this study. The results show that participation in the forums had a…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Native Speakers, Internet, Writing (Composition)
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Beaudrie, Sara M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This article reports the results of an investigation into current Spanish heritage language (SHL) course offerings and their content in 4-year public and private universities in the American Southwest. Prior research has indicated that the number of language departments in the United States offering SHL courses remains small (18 and 17.8%,…
Descriptors: State Universities, Private Colleges, Cultural Context, Heritage Education
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Ter Horst, Eleanor E.; Pearce, Joshua M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This article describes an interdisciplinary collaboration that combined the study of German language with instruction in environmental issues (sustainable development). The project, involving both an independent study and a classroom unit, allowed students to make connections between disciplines, establish contact with German-speaking communities…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Service Learning, Sustainable Development, Educational Opportunities
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Gonglewski, Margaret R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1999
Provides an examination of the five categories of the national standards for foreign language learning in light of specific Internet resources that can help advance language learners' attainment of the standards. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Electronic Mail, Internet, Second Language Instruction
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Ricardo-Osorio, Jose G. – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This article reports on findings obtained from an online survey answered by 97 foreign language department chairs. The Web survey was pilot tested for validity and reliability and obtained a Cronbach's reliability coefficient of .80. The results suggest that student learning outcomes assessment in American undergraduate foreign language education…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Second Languages, National Standards, Second Language Learning
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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
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Williams, Lawrence – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This article addresses a pervasive problem of concern to teachers of many foreign languages: the use of Web-Based Machine Translation (WBMT) by students who do not understand the complexities of this relatively new tool. Although networked technologies have greatly increased access to many language and communication tools, WBMT is still…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Computer Software, Internet, Translation
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Abrams, Zsuzsanna I. – Foreign Language Annals, 2002
Explores Internet-based culture portfolios that bring insider's views of other cultures into the second language classroom. Learners enrolled in third-semester German conducted semester-long culture projects in which they explored stereotypical views of the cultures of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, German, Internet
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O'Donnell, Mary E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This article contains results from an online survey that asked 66 college-level language program directors of French, German, and Spanish in (he United States about policies and procedures governing foreign language writing at their respective institutions. Survey categories included (1) general Information, (2) Information regarding practices and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, Teaching Assistants
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Despain, J. Scott – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Describes a 2.5 year study on the achievement and attrition ate differences between a beginning university-level Spanish course delivered in the classroom and the same course taught over the Internet. Results are discussed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education, Internet
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Lee, Lina – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
This pilot study shows that the use of Internet resources is a meaningful way to integrate language and culture and to provide opportunities for students to learn about the target culture while using e-mail to discuss cultural aspects with native speakers. Results of the study showed that e-mail increased students' interest and motivation.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Electronic Mail, Instructional Effectiveness, Internet
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Green, Anne – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Aims to provide language teachers with an impetus to integrate resources available on the Internet into the foreign language classroom. To do so, the teacher must become acquainted with cyberspace culture; establish a hardware link to the Internet; become aware of the breadth, depth, and limitations of the Internet; and integrate these resources…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Information Sources, Instructional Materials, Internet
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Dhonau, Stephanie; McAlpine, Dave – Foreign Language Annals, 2002
Focuses on using technology in the form of streaming Internet video segments to provide additional instruction in a foreign language/English-as-a-Second-Language (FL/ESL) methods course. Instructors used a digital camcorder to videotape the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, writing, culture, and essential course principles and converted…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Internet, Language Teachers, Methods Courses
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Oliva, Maurizio; Pollastrini, Yvette – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Presents the results of a two-year study on the integration of Internet resources as a primary instructional tool in the teaching of Italian-language classes at the University of Utah. All students studying Italian belonged to a virtual community of Italian speakers who communicated daily on various channels and mailing lists. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
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