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Levak, Natasha; Son, Jeong-Bae – ReCALL, 2017
Learning how to comprehend while listening to a second language is often considered by learners to be a difficult process that can lead to anxiety when trying to communicate (Graham, 2006; Graham & Macaro, 2008). Computer-mediated communication (CMC) can be used to assist in increasing access to native speakers and opportunities to listen.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Computer Simulation, Social Systems
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Fuchs, Carolin; Snyder, Bill; Tung, Bruce; Jung Han, Yu – ReCALL, 2017
This case study explores how a Chinese-American novice teacher acted as mediator in a telecollaboration with student teacher (ST) peers in the USA who designed tasks for his English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in China. The novice teacher was instrumental in mediating the student teachers' task design process by providing feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Telecommunications, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Satar, H. Muge – ReCALL, 2013
Desktop videoconferencing (DVC) offers many opportunities for language learning through its multimodal features. However, it also brings some challenges such as gaze and mutual gaze, that is, eye-contact. This paper reports some of the findings of a PhD study investigating social presence in DVC interactions of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Nonverbal Communication, Videoconferencing, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Schmid, Euline Cutrim; Hegelheimer, Volker – ReCALL, 2014
This paper presents research findings of a longitudinal empirical case study that investigated an innovative Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) professional development program for pre-service English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. The conceptualization of the program was based on the assumption that pre-service language teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ko, Chao-Jung – ReCALL, 2012
This study adopts a case study approach to investigate the impacts of synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) learning environments on learners' perception of social presence. The participants were twelve French as a foreign language (FFL) beginners in a Taiwanese university. Divided into three groups, they conducted some tasks in three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Novices
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Develotte, Christine; Guichon, Nicolas; Vincent, Caroline – ReCALL, 2010
This paper explores how language teachers learn to teach with a synchronous multimodal setup ("Skype"), and it focuses on their use of the webcam during the pedagogical interaction. First, we analyze the ways that French graduate students learning to teach online use the multimodal resources available in a desktop videoconferencing (DVC)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Interaction, French
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Cutrim Schmid, Euline – ReCALL, 2011
Several authors (e.g., Mcniff & Whitehead, 2006; Wallace, 1998) defend the idea that teachers' own involvement in research has the potential to encourage professional growth. Journal writing, teacher logs, written narratives and stimulated recall are some examples of methods that have been used by researchers to encourage and support teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Journal Writing, Workshops