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Miller, Alyssia M.; Morgan, William Justin; Koronkiewicz, Bryan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Social media has become a daily activity in today's technological age, and with this development, educators are met with another possible tool to facilitate language learning. This study was conducted to examine the use of social media, in particular Facebook and Twitter, as a pedagogical instrument in beginning level Spanish courses. Two…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Introductory Courses
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Wang, Feihong; Shao, Enming – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
Second Life (SL) has been gaining increased attention in Education since it was launched in 2003. Language educators explored SL mainly as a virtual learning environment where learners can interact with native speakers (e.g., Hislope, 2008; Wang, Song, Xia, & Yan, 2009). Although most studies concluded positively about using SL for language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Assignments, Second Language Learning