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Amir Reza Rahimi – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In the 21st century, ICT-based teaching has evolved into problem-solving (PS). Therefore, scholars from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) have identified the factors that facilitate such a process in their classes. Therefore, empirical evidence on English language teaching is warranted to uncover what factors shape teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, 21st Century Skills, Information Technology, Communications
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Huang, Qiang – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Student participation, as a significant indicator of class learning, has been investigated from various perspectives. The present research seeks to explore student participation by drawing on text data from the chat box of an online learning platform. The two main research questions concern the main types of student participation indicated by the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Toscu, Saliha; Erten, Ismail Hakki – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This paper presents the results of an eight-week quasi-experimental study of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners at the tertiary level in Turkey. The purpose of the study was to reveal the extent to which EFL learners' intercultural communicative competence (ICC) was enhanced as a result of communication with native and non-native…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Balouchi, Shima; Samad, Arshad Abdul – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effects of second language (L2) motivation, willingness to communicate (WTC), and international posture on the relationship between L2 Self-perceived communication competence (SPCC) and L2 frequency of communication (L2 FC) in online informal English learning contexts among…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Motteram, Gary; Dawson, Susan; Al-Masri, Nazmi – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This paper explores the possibilities and challenges of using the social media tool "WhatsApp" to support language teacher development in the Zataari refugee camp in Jordan. It takes a sociocultural perspective on teacher development where WhatsApp is a mediating tool in the broader sociocultural landscape. A thematic analysis of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Faculty Development, Emergency Shelters, Computer Software
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Alizadeh, Iman – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
This study aimed to investigate medical students' evaluation of using Telegram as a Social Networking Site (SNS) in English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) programs. To this end, the students' explanatory responses about the merits and demerits of the SNS as well as their suggestions for improving its educational usability were collected.…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, English for Academic Purposes, Social Networks
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Rezaee, Abbas Ali; Alavi, Seyyed Mohammad; Razzaghifard, Parisa – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Although a number of studies have reported on the positive effects of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) in the development of students' language learning, few studies have examined language assessment, particularly Dynamic Assessment (DA), in this area. Accordingly, this study aims at investigating the effect of Mobile-based Dynamic…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Accuracy, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Alizadeh, Iman; Ebrahimi, Farideh – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
The use of technology and learner autonomy are two key issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) programs. This study aimed to investigate Iranian medical students' readiness to do ESP tasks based on five situations and discover their reasons for choosing each of the situations. Two of the situations (1 and 2) embodied a conventional…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content Analysis