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Graves, Kathleen – Modern Language Journal, 2021
This study examines students' self-initiated use of smartphones in multilingual writing classrooms in English-language programs at a U.S. university. Responding to calls for empirical research on materials use in second-language (L2) classrooms, researchers have focused on the roles of language learning and teaching materials in various L2…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Naoko Taguchi; Elizabeth Hanks – Modern Language Journal, 2024
Research indicates that high-immersion virtual reality (VR) has several unique affordances for language learning that contribute to learning outcomes, such as boosting learners' confidence, engagement, and motivation. However, little is known about the extent to which VR promotes language skills, in particular learners' verbal interaction using a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology
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Sato, Eriko; Chen, Julian Cheng Chiang; Jourdain, Sarah – Modern Language Journal, 2017
The development of distance learning courses for less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) often meets with instructional challenges, especially for Asian LCTLs with their distinct non-Roman characters and structures. This study documents the implementation of a fully online, elementary Japanese course at Stony Brook University. The curriculum was…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Instruction, Interviews, Language Proficiency
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Eilola, Laura E.; Lilja, Niina S. – Modern Language Journal, 2021
This article uses multimodal conversation analysis to investigate how the smartphone as a personal cognitive artifact features in second language (L2) use and learning. The data come from a pedagogical intervention that was organized as part of an integration learning course for adult L2 students with emerging literacy. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning
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Moranski, Kara; Kim, Frederic – Modern Language Journal, 2016
Flipped or inverted classroom (IC) models are promising for foreign language instruction in that they appear to promote well-regarded practices that bridge both sociocultural and cognitive theoretical frameworks, such as allowing for higher degrees of learner agency and facilitating deeper levels of processing. To date, the majority of work on IC…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
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Levy, Mike – Modern Language Journal, 2009
This article describes the technologies in use for second language learning, in relation to the major language areas and skills. In order, these are grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, pronunciation, listening, speaking, and culture. With each language area or skill, the relevant technologies are discussed with examples that illustrate how…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction