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Nami, Fatemeh; Marandi, S. Susan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
The potential of wikis for learning has recently begun to capture the attention of English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) research. While students' collaboration, attention to form, and perceptions of wikis in document mode have been widely addressed in previous research, the educational value of wikis used in thread mode, as discussion…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Editing, Collaborative Writing, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Shih, Hui-chia Judy; Huang, Sheng-hui Cindy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study examines EFL students' metacognitive strategy use in a university flipped classroom and the underlying factors of metacognitive strategy use. The participants in our study were students enrolled in an elective English course at a university in Taiwan, where they had to watch online course videos outside of class and participate in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Han Luo; Pan Gao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This study reports on the results of a semester-long Chinese-American telecollaborative exchange via WeChat, in which students from China and the U.S. shared thematically similar songs in their respective languages and discussed relevant cultural topics that were suggested by the students. Various types of qualitative data collected from the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Computer Software, Group Discussion
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García-Gómez, Antonio – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
By using small focus group discussions, the present study aims to gain insight into students' perceptions about the impact of WhatsApp use in their learning process. More specifically, this study presents a cross-cultural analysis of British and Spanish university students' personal beliefs about the effectiveness of using WhatsApp to complete…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software, Pragmatics
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Kitade, Keiko – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
Internet-mediated intercultural discussions have been adopted for intercultural and second-language learning. However, the notion of community development in this context has received less attention. This study employs exchange structure (ES) analysis (Stubbs, M. (1983). "Discourse analysis." Oxford: Basil Blackwell) to investigate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication
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Sardegna, Veronica G.; Dugartsyrenova, Vera A. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
This study examined the online exchanges of 28 pre-service foreign language teachers (14 in Russia, 14 in the US) as they discussed in English their opinions about cultural products, practices, and perspectives, and their study abroad experiences via voice-based telecollaboration. Informed by intercultural competence frameworks, a qualitative…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Schenker, Theresa – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
The present study investigated the effects of group set-up in a semester-long telecollaborative discussion forum project in second-semester German. In order to explore whether group set-up affects learning in discussion forums, small groups of non-native speakers (NNS) of German were partnered either with native speakers (NS), other NNS with the…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Native Speakers
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Angelova, Maria; Zhao, Ying – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools to facilitate second language acquisition and develop English as a second language (ESL) teaching skills and cultural awareness. The paper describes a collaborative online project between students from China and the USA, who communicated using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Luo, Beate – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study investigates a computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) technique that combines oral reading with peer review to improve pronunciation of Taiwanese English major students. In addition to traditional in-class instruction, students were given a short passage every week along with a recording of the respective text, read by a native…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction, Peer Evaluation