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Ali Sharaf Al Musawi; Asma Al Suhi; Zainab Al Mamari – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2025
Virtual reality (VR) has fundamentally changed how students interact with their subjects and learn because it offers an immersive learning environment. This qualitative study aims at exploring Omani English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' perceptions of using VR. It employed semi-structured interviews with 20 schoolteachers working in…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Liu Dan; Hasnah Binti Mohamed – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2024
The widespread use of contemporary flipped classrooms for teaching, especially in language learning, provides new insights. Flipped classrooms are two important aspects of language learning that produce impactful outcomes and understanding. It is essential that these processes be used to strengthen the system of language learning. We used PRISMA…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Trend Analysis
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Blanka Klimova; Katarina Zamborova – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
With the advancement of technologies, disabled students are being cared for to progress in their education through assistive technologies (AT). They ensure the inclusion of the target group to make them equal with their peers who do not suffer from disabilities. Unfortunately, there is only scarce research on this margin group in connection with…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, English (Second Language), Students with Disabilities, Inclusion
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Kassymova, Gulnara M.; Tulepova, Saule B.; Bekturova, Madina B. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Digital competence has become a crucial capability in the learning process, in the working place, and in personal communication. The aim of the article is to explore master students' perceptions of their digital competence by identifying frequency, expertise, and satisfaction in using information communication technologies (ICT) in their learning…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students
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Zamborova, Katarina; Klimova, Blanka – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
The article presents the research of empirical mixed methods on the use of a modern mobile reading app compared to traditional forms of teaching in English business classes in higher education in Slovakia. The research belongs to the theoretical frame of the mobile assisted language learning field that has generated an interest since the early…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Umutlu, Duygu; Akpinar, Yavuz – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
This study investigated different modalities of videos in a flipped classroom for English writing classes in an intensive English program at a state university in Turkey. This quasi-experimental study was conducted with six experimental groups (n= 109) and one control group (n = 18). The dataset included the participants' scores of an essay…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Solmaz, Osman – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
The current study aims to present a critical analysis of research on social networking sites (SNSs) in second language teaching and learning (L2TL) context. Twenty-two studies published from 2011 to 2017 were included in the analysis through the selection criteria devised by the researcher. The descriptive analysis reveals that Facebook was the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Literature Reviews
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Cakiroglu, Unal; Erdogdu, Fatih; Gokoglu, Seyfullah – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
Clickers as electronic response systems allow students to respond instantly to questions. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of using clickers on student participation during different periods of EFL courses. The intervention was implemented in question-response sessions of an EFL course at a secondary school. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cakir, Ismail – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2015
The aim of this study is to explore the current use of mobile phones in a foreign language teaching context where English is used as the medium of instruction by prospective teachers. To this end, it presents the views of prospective English teachers on utilizing the mobile phone as an instructional tool for foreign language learning purposes in…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Basal, Ahmet; Yilmaz, Selahattin; Tanriverdi, Asli; Sari, Lutfiye – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016
Smartphones are increasingly becoming an ordinary part of our daily lives. With their remarkable capacity, applications used in these devices are extremely varied. In terms of language teaching, the use of these applications has opened new windows of opportunity, innovatively shaping the way instructors teach and students learn. This 4 week-long…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications
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Zyad, Hicham – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016
In the past fifteen years, Web 2.0 social networking technologies have ushered in a new era of information production, distribution and consumption with significant implications for language teaching and learning. An example of such technology is Moodle, which is a learning management system with several useful features that can transform the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Management Systems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Eren, Omer – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2015
The present research examined the use of Web 2.0 tools to improve students' vocabulary knowledge at the School of Foreign Languages, Gaziantep University. Current studies in literature mostly deal with descriptions of students' attitudes towards the reasons for the use of web-based platforms. However, integrating usual classroom environment with…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
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Jwaifell, Mustafa; Gasaymeh, Al-Mothana – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
This study aimed to explain the use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) by English female teachers in Modern Systems School in Jordan. Viewed from the lens of Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory, the study examined and reported teachers' use of IWB and its features that have impact on their decisions to adopt it in Modern Systems School . The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Workshops, Second Language Learning