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Albedaiwi, Sultan Abdulaziz – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
Writing is usually the last skill to be touched upon in language classrooms, and more so, in the EFL or ESL classroom. Even so, postponing or the tendency to avoid the writing task is a common hindrance created by the learners, but is definitely one that retards the learning of the skill. The current study aimed to examine the efficacy of working…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Frankenberg-Garcia, Ana; Rees, Geraint; Lew, Robert; Roberts, Jonathan; Sharma, Nirwan; Butcher, Peter – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This short paper summarizes the development of ColloCaid (www. collocaid.uk), a text editor that supports writers with academic English collocations. After a brief introduction, the paper summarizes how the lexicographic database underlying ColloCaid was compiled, how text editor integration was achieved, and results from initial user studies. The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, English for Academic Purposes, Vocabulary
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Lin, Po-Han; Liu, Tzu-Chien; Paas, Fred – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Computer-based spell checkers help to correct misspells instantly. Almost all the word processing devices are now equipped with a spell-check function that either automatically corrects errors or provides a list of intended words. However, it is not clear on how the reliance on this convenient technological solution affects spelling learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Spelling, Word Processing
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Alsubaie, Jawaher; Ashuraidah, Ali – English Language Teaching, 2017
Online teaching and learning became popular with the evolution of the World Wide Web now days. Implementing online learning tools within EFL contexts will help better address the multitude of teaching and learning styles. Difficulty in academic writing can be considered one of the common problems that students face in and outside their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
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Pardamean, Bens; Suparyanto, Teddy – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
This study was based on the current growing trend of implementing e-learning in high schools. Most endeavors have been inefficient, rendering an objective of determining the initial steps that could be taken to improve these efforts by assessing a student population's computer skill levels and performances in an IT course. Demographic factors were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, High School Students
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Akinwamide, T. K.; Adedara, O. G. – English Language Teaching, 2012
The digitalization of academic interactions and collaborations in this present technologically conscious world is making collaborations between technology and pedagogy in the teaching and learning processes to display logical and systematic reasoning rather than the usual stereotyped informed decisions. This simply means, pedagogically, learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Hunter, William J. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Reports briefly on three recent summaries dealing with word processing and the teaching of writing. Notes that the first two are bibliographies compiled by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills and the third is a synthesis and review conducted by a graduate student. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Ho, Mei-ching; Savignon, Sandra J. – CALICO Journal, 2007
This paper examines the use of face-to-face peer review (FFPR) and computer-mediated peer review (CMPR) in an Asian English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) academic writing context. The participants were 33 English majors from a university of science and technology in Taiwan, a new type of school offering 2-year associate degree programs in foreign…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Writing (Composition), Peer Evaluation, Associate Degrees
Quann, Steve; Satin, Diana – 2000
This textbook leads high-beginning and intermediate English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students through cooperative computer-based activities that combine language learning with training in basic computer skills and word processing. Each unit concentrates on a basic concept of word processing while also focusing on a grammar topic. Skills are…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, English (Second Language)
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Li, Jiang – Assessing Writing, 2006
The present study investigated the influence of word processing on the writing of students of English as a second language (ESL) and on writing assessment as well. Twenty-one adult Mandarin-Chinese speakers with advanced English proficiency living in Toronto participated in the study. Each participant wrote two comparable writing tasks under…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Protocol Analysis, Writing Tests, Evaluation Methods
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Loukia, Ntinou – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2003
This article discusses the way online communications, and more precisely e-mail, can be used for English language teaching in a Primary Education classroom in Greece. The first part: (a) briefly describes the context where this particular technology will be used; (b) considers the pedagogical issues and language learning potential of using e-mail…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Pannwitt, Barbara – Curriculum Report, 1984
The second of a three-part series on computer-assisted instruction (CAI), this report focuses on the use of microcomputers in business education, English, social studies, foreign languages, bilingual education, and ESL (English as a Second Language). Since all these areas involve writing, a discussion of word processors and word processing…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Neff, George – 1991
Vocational Literacy is a new academic field which has arisen in response to criticism from industry that vocational graduates are not sufficiently literate to perform on the job. South Seattle Community College (SSCC) in Washington has investigated the feasibility of coordinating courses in computer literacy with English and technical courses to…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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Pierson, Herbert – Journal of Educational Techniques and Technologies, 1987
Describes the development and use of a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) laboratory in the English-language teaching unit at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Undergraduate students in a writing skills course were trained to use word processors which were available for the students' writing assignments. (LMO)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Educational Technology
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2001
This set of four newsletters contains articles to help adult basic education and literacy teachers connect research and practice. The following are among the articles included: "The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom" (Pamela Meader); "Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills