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Wang, Yi-Chien – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
This study explored the effects of technology-mediated task-based language teaching (TMTBLT) in an English as a foreign language (EFL) writing course on students' descriptive writing performance. A quasi-experiment was conducted. Students in two writing courses were recruited and randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Dwaik, Raghad A. A. – English Language Teaching, 2015
Digital technology has become an indispensable aspect of foreign language learning around the globe especially in the case of college students who are often required to finish extensive reading assignments within a limited time period. Such pressure calls for the use of efficient tools such as digital dictionaries to help them achieve their…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School" practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) in conjunction with an expert panel to support teachers in providing language instruction. The practice guide provides teachers with guidelines and examples of ways to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy
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Lys, Franziska – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
In this study, I investigate the use and integration of iPads in an advanced German conversation class. In particular, I am interested in analyzing how students learn with this new technology and how it affects the development of their oral proficiency level. Overall, my results suggest that iPads are well suited to practice listening and speaking…
Descriptors: German, Handheld Devices, Conversational Language Courses, College Students
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Miyazoe, Terumi; Anderson, Terry – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
This paper examines the learning outcomes associated with implementing discussion forums and blog writings using pseudonyms in blended learning. Although anonymity or masking one's identity has been used as a teaching strategy designed to induce higher writing production and lowering anxiety in face-to-face writing instruction, little research has…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Writing Assignments, Web Sites, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hu, Guangwei; Lam, Sandra Tsui Eu – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This paper reports on a study designed to investigate (a) whether peer review is an effective pedagogical activity with adult Chinese students in the teaching of second language (L2) academic writing and (b) how factors such as perceptions of the influence of peer reviewers' L2 proficiency, previous experience with peer review, feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Writing Exercises, Measures (Individuals)
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Hsu, Hui-Yin; Wang, Shiang-Kwei; Comac, Linda – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
This pilot study investigates how the use of audioblogs can help to meet an instructor's need to improve instruction in English as a second language (ESL). In this study, the instructor uses audioblogs to manage oral assignments, to interact with learners, and to evaluate performance outcomes. Learners record oral assignments through cellular…
Descriptors: Assignments, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Experience, Oral English
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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)