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Miguel Blázquez-Carretero – ReCALL, 2023
In 2016, Lawley proposed an easy-to-build spellchecker specifically designed to help second language (L2) learners in their writing process by facilitating self-correction. The aim was to overcome the disadvantages to L2 learners posed by generic spellcheckers (GSC), such as that embedded in Microsoft Word. Drawbacks include autocorrection,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Spelling, Error Correction
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Wu, Shaoqun; Witten, Ian H.; Franken, Margaret – ReCALL, 2010
Collocations are of great importance for second language learners, and a learner's knowledge of them plays a key role in producing language fluently (Nation, 2001: 323). In this article we describe and evaluate an innovative system that uses a Web-derived corpus and digital library software to produce a vast concordance and present it in a way…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Internet, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning
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Kenning, Marie-Madeleine – ReCALL, 2010
This paper has a dual aim: to situate functionalities among the complex of factors that help shape online interactions and to explore the heterogeneity of audio conferencing and its implications. Following a critical discursive synthesis of the treatment of variables in the literature, attention focuses on the distinctive and diverse…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Teleconferencing, Synchronous Communication
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Molina-Plaza, Silvia; de Gregorio-Godeo, Eduardo – ReCALL, 2010
Within the context of on-going research, this paper explores the pedagogical implications of contrastive analyses of multiword units in English and Spanish based on electronic corpora as a CALL resource. The main tenets of collocations from a contrastive perspective--and the points of contact and departure between both languages--are discussed…
Descriptors: Verbs, English (Second Language), Spanish, Case Studies
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Karpati, Andrea – ReCALL, 2009
In order to make optimal educational use of social spaces offered by thousands of international communities in the second generation web applications termed Web 2 or Social Web, ICT competences as well as social skills are needed for both teachers and learners. The paper outlines differences in competence structures of Net Natives (who came of age…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Models, Educational Theories, Educational Change
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Hubbard, Philip; Siskin, Claire Bradin – ReCALL, 2004
According to the dichotomy popularized by Levy (1995, 1997), computers may be used in language learning in either tutor or tool roles. Recently there has been a waning of interest in tutorial software for language learning in favor of tool-oriented applications. While we do not dispute the value of the computer as a tool, we argue that it is in…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Misconceptions