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Revisiting Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE): A Structural Equation Modeling Approach in a University EFL Context
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Yue Zhang; Guangxiang Liu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Informal digital learning of English (IDLE) is an increasingly important subfield of inquiry in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) for its concentration on the language learning practices of the digital native EFL students in out-of-class contexts. Attention in mainstream research of IDLE has been directed to (meta)cognition, learning…
Descriptors: Informal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) Feedback: A Systematic Investigation of College Students' Acceptance
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Zhai, Na; Ma, Xiaomei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) has been used increasingly to provide feedback on student writing. Previous research typically focused on its inter-rater reliability with human graders and validation frameworks. The limited body of research has only discussed students' attitudes or perceptions in general. A systematic investigation of the…
Descriptors: Automation, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), College Students
Towards a Flipped SEF-ARCS Decoding Model to Improve Foreign Language Listening Proficiency
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Chengyuan Jia; Khe Foon Hew; Mingting Li – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Listening is a major challenge for many English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) learners. Decoding training, which helps learners develop the ability to recognize words from speech, is frequently used to assist EFL learners. Although recent empirical studies on decoding training have provided positive evidence on its effectiveness in improving EFL…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Intercultural Learning through Chinese-American Telecollaboration: Results of a Song Sharing Project
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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
Blending Theories for Instructional Design: Creating and Implementing the Structure, Environment, Experience, and People (SEEP) Model
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Wold, Kari A. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
This article proposes an instructional design model for blended learning writing courses for English language learners (ELLs). It will do so by combining the main points of the cognitive load, activity, sociocultural, and transactional distance theories to present four tenets essential for optimal learning for ELLs: structure, environment,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning
Writing the Natural Way: On Computers.
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Presents a model of a computer writing skill consisting of four stages of development: (1) writing easier; (2) writing more; (3) writing differently; and (4) writing better. This process represents the evolution of a natural computer-based writing approach under favorable conditions regarding the starting state of the user and a range of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Cognitive Development, College Students