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Kasami, Naoko – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This study aims to analyse the initial use of Digital Storytelling (DS) in primarily asynchronous classes in order to yield results and recommendations for future courses. All participants were students in elective English courses at a Japanese university in Spring, 2020. Due to COVID-19, the courses were redesigned and conducted remotely with the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Story Telling, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kasami, Naoko – Research-publishing.net, 2018
Digital storytelling is an educational practice which has attracted the attention of many experts. However, there has been little research on the disadvantages of digital storytelling assignments from the students' perspectives in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education. Addressing difficulties or problems which are likely to occur in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
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Kasami, Naoko – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore how a Digital StoryTelling (DST) assignment affected and changed students' motivations for learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in comparison with a StoryTelling (ST) assignment. A course entitled "Information English" was held for Japanese university students at a faculty of information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Hirotani, Maki; Matsumoto, Kazumi; Fukada, Atsusi – Research-publishing.net, 2012
The present study examined various aspects of the development of learners' fluency in Japanese using a large set of speech samples collected over a long period, using an online speaking practice/assessment system called "Speak Everywhere." The purpose of the present study was to examine: (1) how the fluency related measures changed over…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Language Fluency, Novices, Second Language Learning