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Direct linkYamashita, Taichi – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
This study investigated the effects of corrective feedback (CF) during in-class computer-mediated collaborative writing on grammatical accuracy in a new piece of individual writing. Forty-eight ESL students at an American university worked on two computer-mediated animation description tasks in pairs. The experimental group received indirect CF on…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
Godwin-Jones, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
This article provides an update to the author's overview of developments in second language (L2) online writing that he wrote in 2008. There has been renewed interest in L2 writing through the wide use of social media, along with the rising popularity of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and telecollaboration (class-based online exchanges).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
Saeed, Murad Abdu; Ghazali, Kamila – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
The current paper reports an empirical study of asynchronous online group review of argumentative essays among nine English as foreign language (EFL) Arab university learners joining English in their first, second, and third years at the institution. In investigating online interactions, commenting patterns, and how the students facilitate text…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
Li, Mimi; Zhu, Wei – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This article reports a case study that examined dynamic patterns of interaction that two small groups (Group A and Group B) of ESL students exemplified when they performed two writing tasks: a research proposal (Task 1) and an annotated bibliography (Task 2) in a wiki site. Group A demonstrated a collective pattern in Task 1, but switched to an…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Collaborative Writing, Sociocultural Patterns, Case Studies
Hattem, David – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
The following is a qualitative case study presenting three vignettes exploring the use of language play while microblogging during an academically sanctioned task. Ten students and one teacher used "Twitter" in an intensive, English as a second language advanced grammar course to practice writing sentences with complex grammatical…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Vignettes, Language Usage
Liang, Mei-Ya – Language Learning & Technology, 2010
In recent years, synchronous online peer response groups have been increasingly used in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing. This article describes a study of synchronous online interaction among three small peer groups in a Taiwanese undergraduate EFL writing class. An environmental analysis of students' online discourse in two writing…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
Bloch, Joel – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
Blogging has emerged as one of the most popular forms of online discourse. The ease and lack of expense in setting up blogs has raised intriguing possibilities for language learning classrooms. The unique nature of their architecture and their low cost have not only affected how students can publish and distribute their work to a wider audience…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Peer reviewedSotillo, Susana M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2000
Investigates discourse functions and syntactic complexity in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learner output obtained via two different modes of computer-mediated communication (CMC): asynchronous and synchronous discussions. Two instructors and twenty-five students from two advanced ESL writing classes participated in this study. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
