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Jing, Mengguo; Ye, Ting; Kirkorian, Heather L.; Mares, Marie-Louise – Child Development, 2023
This meta-analysis synthesizes research on media use in early childhood (0-6 years), word-learning, and vocabulary size. Multi-level analyses included 266 effect sizes from 63 studies (N[subscript total] = 11,413) published between 1988-2022. Among samples with information about race/ethnicity (51%) and sex/gender (73%), most were majority…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Preschool Children, Race
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Gao, Ya; Pan, Lin – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning is a growing feature of contemporary language learning, and their distinct gamification design produces new and increasingly popular contexts for language learning. This paper explores the gamification features of the two most popular EFL vocabulary learning applications widely used by Asian learners --…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Grace Hui Chin Lin – Online Submission, 2024
This research was conducted in a National University of western part in Taiwan. It guided students to select language learning games of language learning (Amur et al. (2024; Huang & Liaw, 2021; Srinivasan & Reddy 2023) on Facebook or other websites to improve English Language proficiencies in listening, speaking reading and writing. Below…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Wang, Fu Lee; Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di; Au, Oliver Tat Sheung; Xie, Haoran; Wong, Leung Pun – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
In recent years, mobile applications (apps) have been increasingly used and investigated as a vocabulary learning approach. Despite the extensive use of commercial English as a Foreign Language (EFL) vocabulary learning apps in China, there is a lack of a review of these apps for a systematic understanding of the components and usefulness of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Li, Rui; Meng, Zhaokun; Tian, Mi; Zhang, Zhiyi; Xiao, Wei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Although digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) has attracted considerable attention, factors attributing to the facilitative effects of DGBVL have not yet been satisfactorily understood. To this end, under the theoretical framework of flow theory, this study investigates the effects of flow experiences on Chinese…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Feedback (Response)
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Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo; Jaclyn Ocumpaugh; Walfrido David Diy; Monica Moreno; Marco De Santos; Nigel Cargo; Jose Lacson; Daniel Santos; Danna Aduna; Jose Isidro Beraquit; Rex Bringula; Marie Rianne M. Caparros; Anne Tan Choi; Steve Ladan; Jaclyn Lim; Dominique Marie Antoinette Manahan; Jhoanna Michelle G. Paterno; Kristine Saturinas; Emily Tabanao; Christine Tablatin; Jo Torres; Kaska Porayska-Pomsta; Ibukun Olatunji; Rose Luckin – Computer-Based Learning in Context, 2019
Filipino learners' lack of English language proficiency is a major barrier to higher education opportunities and participation in high-value industries. Computer-based learning systems have the potential to increase educational quality, equity, and efficacy in the Global South. However, a key challenge is to design systems that are developmentally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Games
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Walter-Laager, Catherine; Brandenberg, Kathrin; Tinguely, Luzia; Schwarz, Jürg; Pfiffner, Manfred R.; Moschner, Barbara – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The intervention study investigated the effects of an interactive word-learning app Learning apps are developed to achieve certain aims. In our case, the intention was to enrich the vocabulary acquisition of young children. Many other apps, such as games, are developed mainly for entertainment. The intention of games apps is to hold the attention…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Software, Vocabulary Development, Visual Aids
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Kohnke, Lucas – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
In recent years, the widespread growth of mobile-assisted language learning using apps has made English vocabulary learning increasingly accessible. This study investigated students' perceptions of a vocabulary learning app developed by the researcher as a tool to help them to improve their L2 receptive vocabulary. The app, containing 20 levels,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Korkmaz, Sezen; Öz, Hüseyin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
With the advent of technology over the past decade, teachers have started to incorporate live games into second or foreign language (L2) teaching to create an active learning environment and thus keep learners engaged in learning tasks. The present study reports on the findings of an investigation into the impact of the online "Kahoot!"…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zabolotna, Oksana; Zagoruiko, Liudmyla; Panchenko, Ielyzaveta; Plotnikov, Yevhen – Advanced Education, 2021
This paper presents mixed-method research on teaching vocabulary online using a combination of quantitative (bibliometric approach) and qualitative (expert evaluation based on Delphi technique) methods to answer three research questions: Which tools in teaching language with technology have been described in research publications? Which tools are…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Chen, Yuchun; Lin, Wen-Jing – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Background: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) demonstrate deficits in vocabulary development and novel word learning processes, which have been proposed to stem from their speech perception deficits. Aims: This study had two aims. The first was to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention incorporating a computer-based phonetic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Phonetics, Vocabulary Development, Language Impairments
Dore, Rebecca A.; Shirilla, Marcia; Hopkins, Emily; Collins, Molly; Scott, Molly; Shatz, Jacob; Lawson-Adams, Jessica; Valladares, Tara; Foster, Lindsey; Puttre, Hannah; Toub, Tamara Spiewak; Hadley, Elizabeth; Golinkoff, Roberta M.; Dickinson, David; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Grantee Submission, 2019
Despite the prevalence of educational apps for children, there is little evidence of their effectiveness for learning. Here, children were asked to learn ten new words in a narrative mobile game that requires children use knowledge of word meanings to advance the game. Study 1 used a lab-based between-subjects design with middle-SES 4-year-olds…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Computer Software, Preschool Children, Language Tests
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2022
Vocabulary teaching and learning constitute a major problem for EFL instructors and students. EFL freshman students have difficulty in pronouncing, recognizing the meaning of, using and spelling new English words. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, all college courses have shifted to online distance learning since March 2020. Surveys with samples of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
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Sydorenko, Tetyana; Hellermann, John; Thorne, Steven L.; Howe, Vanessa – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2019
Applications of locative media (e.g., place-based mobile augmented reality [AR]) are used in various educational content areas and have been shown to provide learners with valuable opportunities for investigation-based learning, location-situated social and collaborative interaction, and embodied experience of place (Squire, 2009; Thorne &…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Discourse Analysis
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
This study investigates the differential effects of the iPad on first and second language learning by Saudi children in the home environment. The subjects consisted of 78 parents and 118 children. The children were grouped into: 1-6 years old (young children in kindergarten and pre-school); 7- 9 years (grades 1-3); and 10-12 years (grades 4-6).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries
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