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Aydin, Selami – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
It is evident that technology plays an important role in the foreign language teaching and learning processes, whereas foreign language anxiety (FLA) is one of the considerable affective variables that influence adversely the aforementioned processes. However, how the use of technology affects FLA levels has not been drawn attention among…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
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Lixun, Wang – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Investigates the value of computer technology as a medium for the delivery of parallel texts in English and Chinese for language learning. A English-Chinese parallel corpus was created for use in parallel concordancing--a technique that has been developed to respond to the desire to study language in its natural contexts of use. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, English
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St. John, Elke – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Discusses a pilot study that sought to determine whether a parallel corpus and a concordancer would be appropriate tools to supplement a teaching program of German at the beginner level in an unsupervised environment. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Databases, German, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Cantos, Pascual – International Journal of English Studies, 2002
Surveys computational linguistic tools presently available, but whose potential has neither been fully considered nor exploited to its full in modern computer assisted language learning (CALL). Discusses the rationale of DDL to engage learning, presenting typical data-driven learning (DDL)-activities, DDL-software, and potential extensions of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Databases
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Lindemann, Stephanie; Mauranen, Anna – English for Specific Purposes, 2001
Investigates the roles of "just," a lexical item that is among the most frequent in distinguishing academic speech data from roughly comparable written data in the Michigan Corpus of Academic English. Concordance analysis showed that "just" frequently co-occurs with metadiscourse and hedging; a closer functional analysis in…
Descriptors: Databases, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Indexes