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Chen, Howard Hao-Jan – ReCALL, 2011
Oral communication ability has become increasingly important to many EFL students. Several commercial software programs based on automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies are available but their prices are not affordable for many students. This paper will demonstrate how the Microsoft Speech Application Software Development Kit (SASDK), a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Brudermann, Cedric – ReCALL, 2010
This paper deals with the implementation of an "online pedagogical assistant" in a blended learning device for English for Special Purposes (ESP) students in a French university (UPMC, Paris VI). As it is now, it comprises a customized website designed to serve as a guide through the development of the students' work. The architecture of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classification, Blended Learning, English for Special Purposes
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Rogerson-Revell, Pamela – ReCALL, 2005
This paper describes some of the pedagogical and technical issues involved in adopting a hybrid approach to CALL materials development. It illustrates some of these issues with reference to a vocational CALL project, LANCAM, which took such a hybrid approach. It describes some of the benefits and considerations involved in hybrid development and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
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Hemard, Dominique – ReCALL, 2004
Whilst the potential of online Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in terms of access, immediacy and exposure is widely acknowledged, as yet remarkably little is known about its impact on the user population, be they language teachers or learners. Indeed, beyond its technological development, online CALL design is still affected by a dearth…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Student Experience, Second Language Learning
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Campbell, Dermot F. – ReCALL, 2004
This presentation is a discursive treatment of the migration of a classroom based translation class to online delivery using the Virtual Learning Environment WebCT. The main focus is not on the VLE itself, but on the pedagogical challenges posed by the move to online delivery and the course structure developed to retain as many of the advantages…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Translation, Educational Resources
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Canapero, Marina – ReCALL, 2004
This paper discusses the role of customized learning environments in the teaching of English to undergraduate science and technology students and focuses on a more subject-specific and skills-oriented approach in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). It may be argued that multimedia technology and the Web have a vital role to play in integrating…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Processes, English for Special Purposes
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Ros i Sole, Cristina; Mardomingo, Raquel – ReCALL, 2004
This paper discusses a framework for designing online tasks that capitalizes on the possibilities that the Internet and the Web offer for language learning. To present such a framework, we draw from constructivist theories (Brooks and Brooks, 1993) and their application to educational technology (Newby, Stepich, Lehman and Russell, 1996; Jonassen,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Open Universities, Student Attitudes, Distance Education