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Veronika Timpe-Laughlin; Tetyana Sydorenko; Judit Dombi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
To examine the utility of spoken dialog systems (SDSs) for learning and low-stakes assessment, we administered the same role-play task in two different modalities to a group of 47 tertiary-level learners of English. Each participant completed the task in an SDS setting with a fully automated agent and engaged in the same task with a human…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, In Person Learning, Standard Spoken Usage, Role Playing
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Yeh, Ellen; Swinehart, Nicholas – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Online participatory cultures (e.g. social media) present a number of opportunities and challenges for language learners. Learners can collaborate with like-minded peers in online affinity spaces or get crowd-sourced information from the locals of a target culture, but they also run the risk of getting lost in the overwhelming amount of noise and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Social Media, Media Literacy, Use Studies
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Han Luo; Pan Gao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This study reports on the results of a semester-long Chinese-American telecollaborative exchange via WeChat, in which students from China and the U.S. shared thematically similar songs in their respective languages and discussed relevant cultural topics that were suggested by the students. Various types of qualitative data collected from the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Computer Software, Group Discussion
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Shih, Hui-chia Judy; Huang, Sheng-hui Cindy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study examines EFL students' metacognitive strategy use in a university flipped classroom and the underlying factors of metacognitive strategy use. The participants in our study were students enrolled in an elective English course at a university in Taiwan, where they had to watch online course videos outside of class and participate in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Angelova, Maria; Zhao, Ying – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools to facilitate second language acquisition and develop English as a second language (ESL) teaching skills and cultural awareness. The paper describes a collaborative online project between students from China and the USA, who communicated using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Kitade, Keiko – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
Internet-mediated intercultural discussions have been adopted for intercultural and second-language learning. However, the notion of community development in this context has received less attention. This study employs exchange structure (ES) analysis (Stubbs, M. (1983). "Discourse analysis." Oxford: Basil Blackwell) to investigate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication