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The Needs Analysis, Design, Development, and Evaluation of the "English Pronunciation Guide: An ESL Teachers' Guide to Pronunciation Teaching Using Online Resources"
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Cox, Jenelle L.; Henrichsen, Lynn E.; Tanner, Mark W.; McMurry, Benjamin L. – TESL-EJ, 2019
ESL students view the teaching of pronunciation as an important part of their English language education and state they need assistance in this area (Willing, 1988). In corroborating this point, Munro & Derwing (2006) add that research has shown that pronunciation is given relatively little attention in the ESL classroom. Although many ESL…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Effect of Formative Assessments on Language Performance
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Radford, Brian W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study sought to improve the language learning outcomes at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. Young men and women between the ages of 19-24 are taught a foreign language in an accelerated environment. In an effort to improve learning outcomes, computer-based practice and teaching of language performance criteria were provided to…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Young Adults
The Development of Interactive Technology for Conveying Symbols, Signs, and Meaning for Beginning Learners of Arabic
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Samuel Joseph Chester Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explored how a computer-assisted second-language instructional method introduced basic Arabic vocabulary and grammar and affected vocabulary acquisition. This instructional method used audio, text and animated images to introduce the vocabulary and grammar in a meaningful step-by-step presentation. Volunteers from Brigham Young…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Arabic, Educational Technology, Decoding (Reading)
Designing Video Narratives to Contextualize Content for ESL Learners: A Design Process Case Study
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South, Joseph B.; Gabbitas, Bruce; Merrill, Paul F. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
In this paper we discuss how the Brigham Young University Technology Assisted Language Learning Group (BYU TALL Group) develops video-based dramatic narratives to increase the amount of context we provide to English as a second language (ESL) learners. First, we discuss the problem of decontextualization in education, the contextualism…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
An Evaluation of the "Hablar et Parler" Videodisc Program.
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Eastmond, J. Nicholls, Jr.; And Others – 1993
The report evaluates "Hablar et Parler," a videodisc project that provides Spanish and French language training to elementary school age students under the supervision of a teacher who may or may not have a foreign language background. The project, which was developed by the Utah Videodisc Consortium, consists of a videodisc, a teacher's…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Teaching Arabic with Technology at BYU: Learning from the Past to Bridge to the Future
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Bush, Michael D.; Browne, Jeremy M. – CALICO Journal, 2004
Reporting in 1971 on research related to computer-based methods for teaching the Arabic writing system, Bunderson and Abboud cited the potential that computers have for language learning, a largely unfulfilled potential even in 2004. After a review of the relevant historical background for the justification of computer-aided language learning…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Written Language, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design