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Developing Collaborative Autonomous Learning Abilities in Computer Mediated Language Learning: Attention to Meaning among Students in Wiki Space
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Kessler, Greg; Bikowski, Dawn – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
This study reports on attention to meaning among 40 NNS pre-service EFL teachers as they collaboratively constructed a wiki in a 16-week online course. Focus is placed upon the nature of individual and group behavior when attending to meaning in a long-term wiki-based collaborative activity as well as the students' collaborative autonomous…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Group Behavior, English (Second Language)
Interaction Analysis-A New Modern Language for Supervisors
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Moskowitz, Gertrude – Foreign Language Annals, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Group Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis
Understanding Chinese Students' Use of Language Learning Strategies from Cultural and Educational Perspectives
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Rao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
Beyond Rashomon - Foci for Observing Communications Used in Second Language Instruction. Revised.
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Fanselow, John – 1975
Though the need for a language or languages to describe teacher behavior has been recognized for some time, few systems of analysis exist. A conceptual framework and a set of terms have been developed to describe the messages students and teachers send and receive in second language classrooms. This system is called FOCUS (an acronym for Foci for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research