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Foreign Language Acquisition via Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality: Design and Evaluation
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Divekar, Rahul R.; Drozdal, Jaimie; Chabot, Samuel; Zhou, Yalun; Su, Hui; Chen, Yue; Zhu, Houming; Hendler, James A.; Braasch, Jonas – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) have been employed in several foreign language education applications to increase the availability of experiential learning methods akin to international immersion programs. However, research in multi-modal spoken dialogue in L2 combined with immersive technologies and collaborative learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation
Learning French through Music: The Development of the Bande à Part App
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Sundberg, Ross; Cardoso, Walcir – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
This article describes the development of "Bande à Part", a mobile music application (app) for second language (L2) learners of French. Our focus on the pedagogical use of music results from the reported benefits that it offers language learners (e.g., it encourages repetitive exposure to the L2 in an enjoyable way, it extends the reach…
Descriptors: French, Music, Computer Software, Handheld Devices
The Effectiveness of Texting to Enhance Academic Vocabulary Learning: English Language Learners' Perspective
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Li, Jia; Cummins, Jim; Deng, Qizhen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This study examined university undergraduate English language learners' (ELLs) perspectives on an intervention, Word Matters, that aimed to enhance functional academic vocabulary learning critical to their cognitive academic language proficiency development (Cummins, 1989), a challenge faced by many ELLs in English-medium universities. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners, Student Attitudes
Electronic Glossing--Is It Worth the Effort?
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Lenders, Olaf – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
This article is based on a PhD thesis that investigates how electronic glossing can support active vocabulary learning in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Electronic glossing is generally acknowledged as contributing to vocabulary learning. Electronic glosses have been investigated in recent years in the areas of incidental vocabulary…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Likert Scales, Vocabulary Development, English for Academic Purposes
Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition Using a Diglot Reader or a Computer-Based Drill and Practice Program
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Christensen, Elizabeth; Merrill, Paul; Yanchar, Stephen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
This research study compares the impact of a computer-based diglot reader with that of a sophisticated, computer-based, drill and practice program on second language acquisition. The affective benefits as well as depth and breadth of vocabulary development were examined. The diglot method, originally conceived by Burling, introduces second…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis
Action Psychology as Applied to Foreign Language Vocabulary Acquisition.
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Schouten-van Parreren, Caroline – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1995
Discusses the relevant educational implications of action psychology. Two topics discussed include the relationship between activity and memory and the conditions for the personal integration of knowledge--the cognitive and affective aspects of vocabulary acquisition as they are relevant to foreign language vocabulary acquisition. (60 references)…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities