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Lam, Yau Wai; Hew, Khe Foon; Jia, Chengyuan – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
Many English-as-Second-Language (ESL) learners find it highly challenging to write problem-solution essays. This difficulty is partly caused by the pedagogies commonly used in traditional classroom settings, which have two major in-vivo constraints: time limits and low student engagement. This study proposes an innovative theory-driven…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, English (Second Language)
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Paul Richards – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
This study experimentally investigated the effectiveness of feedback on learner refusals in a computer-simulated academic advising session. Ninety participants were assigned to one of three conditions: implicit feedback, explicit feedback, and comparison group. Oral and written discourse completion tasks (DCTs) were administered in a pretest…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Simulation, Academic Advising, Pretests Posttests
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Abrams, Zsuzsanna I. – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
Linking research on task-based collaborative L2 writing and computer-mediated writing, this study investigates the relationship between patterns of collaboration and the linguistic features of texts written during a computer-supported collaborative writing task using Google Docs. Qualitative analyses provide insights into the writing process of…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hsu, Hsiu-Chen; Lo, Yun-Fang – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
This study investigated the effect of wiki-mediated collaborative writing on the development of learners' individual writing in a second language (L2). Participants were 52 learners of English as a foreign language enrolled in two intact junior writing classes at a Taiwanese university. One class was assigned to be a wiki-collaborative writing…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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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
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Dzekoe, Richmond – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This study investigated how 22 advanced-low proficiency ESL students used computer-based multimodal composing activities (CBMCAs) to facilitate self-revision and learn English through academic writing in the USA. The CBMCAs involved a combination of writing, listening, visual analysis, and speaking activities. The research was framed within an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Writing (Composition)
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Lin, Huifen – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
This meta-analysis reports the results of a systematic synthesis of primary studies on the effectiveness of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in second language acquisition (SLA) for the period 2000-2012. By extracting information on 21 features from each primary study, this meta-analysis intends to summarize the CMC research literature for…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
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Fitze, Michael – Language Learning & Technology, 2006
This study was a comparative investigation of face-to-face and written electronic conferences. The participants were advanced English as a second language (hereafter: ESL) students. The two types of conferences were compared in terms of textual features and participation. There was no statistically significant difference in the total number of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Advanced Students
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Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun; Weasenforth, Donald – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Examines whether electronic mail writing will improve academic writing abilities. Nonnative students in an intermediate pre-academic English-as-a-Second-Language course responded to writing prompts using electronic mail and word processing. Their writing was examined for differences in uses of cohesive features, length of text produced in each…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Electronic Mail, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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LeLoup, Jean W.; Ponterio, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
There is no question that the development of oral language skills in second (as well as first) language learners is of prime importance. Language learners must focus on oral language proficiency because it is eventually the skill they will most use. But oracy in second language learners does not develop in a vacuum. It is inextricably intertwined…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Oral Language, National Standards, Second Language Learning