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Gaillat, Thomas; Simpkin, Andrew; Ballier, Nicolas; Stearns, Bernardo; Sousa, Annanda; Bouyé, Manon; Zarrouk, Manel – ReCALL, 2021
This paper focuses on automatically assessing language proficiency levels according to linguistic complexity in learner English. We implement a supervised learning approach as part of an automatic essay scoring system. The objective is to uncover Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) criterial features in writings by learners…
Descriptors: Prediction, Rating Scales, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lee, Sangmin-Michelle; Briggs, Neil – ReCALL, 2021
In recent years, marked gains in the accuracy of machine translation (MT) outputs have greatly increased its viability as a tool to support the efforts of English as a foreign language (EFL) students to write in English. This study examines error corrections made by 58 Korean university students by comparing their original L2 texts to that of MT…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sato, Takeshi; Lai, Yuda; Burden, Tyler – ReCALL, 2021
The present study aims to verify the impact of dynamic aids on learning L2 prepositions in relation to individual learner variables. Situated within the cognitive linguistics (CL) framework and differing from previous research, the present study hypothesizes that dynamic (animated) aids are not equally effective for all learners; rather, their…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Levy, Mike; Steel, Caroline – ReCALL, 2015
This paper investigates the extent of electronic dictionary use by language learners in an Australian university. All students in the study are formally enrolled in language courses across ten languages at first, second or third year level. The study places a particular emphasis on gauging student perceptions of the beneficial aspects of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Dictionaries
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Tono, Yukio; Satake, Yoshiho; Miura, Aika – ReCALL, 2014
This study reports on the results of classroom research investigating the effects of corpus use in the process of revising compositions in English as a foreign language. Our primary aim was to investigate the relationship between the information extracted from corpus data and how that information actually helped in revising different types of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Feedback (Response), Revision (Written Composition), English (Second Language)
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Wigham, Ciara R.; Chanier, Thierry – ReCALL, 2013
Three-dimensional synthetic worlds introduce possibilities for nonverbal communication in computer-mediated language learning. This paper presents an original methodological framework for the study of multimodal communication in such worlds. It offers a classification of verbal and nonverbal communication acts in the synthetic world "Second…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Verbal Communication
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Hedayati, Hora; Marandi, S. Susan – ReCALL, 2014
Despite the spread of reliable technological tools and the availability of computers in Iranian universities, as well as the mounting evidence of the effectiveness of blended learning, many Iranian language teachers are still reluctant to incorporate such tools in their English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. This study inspected the status…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Brudermann, Cedric – ReCALL, 2010
This paper deals with the implementation of an "online pedagogical assistant" in a blended learning device for English for Special Purposes (ESP) students in a French university (UPMC, Paris VI). As it is now, it comprises a customized website designed to serve as a guide through the development of the students' work. The architecture of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classification, Blended Learning, English for Special Purposes
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Tsubota, Yasushi; Dantsuji, Masatake; Kawahara, Tatsuya – ReCALL, 2004
We have developed an English pronunciation learning system which estimates the intelligibility of Japanese learners' speech and ranks their errors from the viewpoint of improving their intelligibility to native speakers. Error diagnosis is particularly important in self-study since students tend to spend time on aspects of pronunciation that do…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Identification, Profiles