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My First CMC Article Revisited: A Window on Spanish L2 Interlanguage
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Blake, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
The computer-assisted language learning (CALL) field seems to change overnight with new technological affordances. Blake revisits his 2000 "LLT" article on computer-mediation communication (CMC) in order to reflect on how the field has examined this topic over the past decade or so. While the Interaction Hypothesis continues to guide…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interlanguage, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Technology and the Four Skills
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Blake, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
Most L2 instructors implement their curriculum with an eye to improving the four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Absent in this vision of language are notions of pragmatic, sociolinguistic, and multicultural competencies. Although current linguistic theories posit a more complex, interactive, and integrated model of language,…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Task Analysis, Educational Technology
Computer Mediated Communication: A Window on L2 Spanish Interlanguage.
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Blake, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2000
Fifty intermediate second language Spanish learners were asked to carry out networked discussions in pairs during their lab time using a synchronous chat program that records all textual entries. Findings suggest that computer mediated communication (CMC) can provide many of the alleged benefits ascribed to the Interaction Hypothesis, but with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Interlanguage, Second Language Instruction