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David C. S. Li; Wong Tak-sum – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2024
This study aims at investigating how loanwords from Japanese and Korean are used in informal written Cantonese media discourse, including print and social media. Data from these media were collected from designated websites for 15?min every other day over a two-week period. The results show that loanwords from Korean, being written in a…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Sino Tibetan Languages, Pronunciation, Language Variation
Emily John; Melor Md. Yunus – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Studies on social media usage have indicated that the use of social media has now become a norm with many educators utilizing social media applications as an approach to teaching and learning. This is because social media affordances have made this platform a versatile medium in the acquisition of language skills such as speaking which has been…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Adhelia, Shafira; Triastuti, Anita – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study aimed to know whether the use of online communicative speaking tasks can enhance the speaking skills of the ninth graders of a private junior high school in Mungkid, the Province of Central Java, and how well their speaking skills improved. This research was action research that was divided into four stages. Those were reconnaissance,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Speech Skills, Oral Language
Kang, Namhee – English Teaching, 2022
This study examined how Google Jamboard-based autonomous knowledge-sharing advanced language proficiency and motivation in an online intermediate--high EFL communication course. For one semester, 30 Korean first-year college students shared their learning experiences beyond the classroom, enhancing their English communication competence via a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Saito, Kazuya; Suzuki, Shungo; Oyama, Tomoko; Akiyama, Yuka – Second Language Research, 2021
This study examined how longitudinal interaction impacts the development of second language (L2) oral proficiency in relation to learners' different experience and proficiency levels. Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) participated in weekly conversation exchanges with native speakers (NSs) in the USA via videoconferencing…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mykytiuk, Svitlana; Lysytska, Olena; Melnikova, Tetiana; Mykytiuk, Serhii – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2022
The research studied the effectiveness of the integration of Facebook as a flexible ubiquitous learning space into the educational process for speaking skills development of undergraduate students learning English as a second language. For this purpose teaching was organised via a specially created and moderated Facebook group where various media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2020
An English teacher uses Skype to connect his high school students in an Indian village with international teachers to help them interact and converse with them in English. Each international teacher interacts with the students in English once for 40 minutes. The teacher does that daily, and each day an international guest teacher is from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Social Networks, Videoconferencing
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2020
An English teacher uses Skype to connect his high school students in an Indian village with international teachers to help them interact and converse with them in English. Each international teacher interacts with the students in English once for 40 minutes. The teacher does that daily, and each day an international guest teacher is from a…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, Videoconferencing, Computer Simulation
Renner, Julia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
The present paper examines negotiation of meaning and language-related episodes in Chinese-German eTandem interaction, focusing on Chinese as target language. Against the background of the interactionist approach to language learning and drawing upon Swain and Lapkin's (1998, Interaction and second language learning: Two adolescent French…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, German, Chinese, Synchronous Communication
Andújar-Vaca, Alberto; Cruz-Martínez, Maria-Soledad – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2017
This study investigates the benefits of Mobile Mediated Communication (MMC) to develop oral skills in second-language learners. A total of 80 Spanish students taking a B1 English course at the University of Almería were studied in this research. According to treatment type, subjects were divided in two groups, experimental and control. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Mediated Communication
Golonka, Ewa M.; Bowles, Anita R.; Frank, Victor M.; Richardson, Dorna L.; Freynik, Suzanne – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This review summarizes evidence for the effectiveness of technology use in foreign language (FL) learning and teaching, with a focus on empirical studies that compare the use of newer technologies with more traditional methods or materials. The review of over 350 studies (including classroom-based technologies, individual study tools,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Hardison, Debra M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2014
Research on the effectiveness of short-term study-abroad (SA) programs for improving oral skills has shown mixed results. In this study, 24 L2 German learners (L1 English) provided pre- and post-SA speech samples addressing a hypothetical situation and completed surveys on cross-cultural interest and adaptability; L2 communication affect,…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Oral Language
Hudson, Peter – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
Malaysia is currently reforming its education system in line with the government's Vision 2020. Key areas such as science and mathematics education are high on the agenda. However, as considerable world knowledge is written in English, Malaysian preservice teachers are being educated to teach these areas using English as the Medium of Instruction…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Vocabulary Development, Science Teachers, English (Second Language)
Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)