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Guan-Yu Lin; Ciao-Chun Jhang; Yi-Shun Wang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The use of AI-based social robots has been shown to be beneficial for learning English as a Second Language (ESL). Not much is known, however, about the drivers of parental intention to use those robots in support of their children's ESL learning. This study aims to explore the factors that drive parental intention to adopt AI-based social robots…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Hee Jin Bang; Eric Setoguchi; Alison Mackey; Akiko Fujii – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Digital educational game-based apps can be effective in helping young children develop language skills, particularly when paired with formal instruction. However, we need to know more about how educational games benefit learning in the absence of formal instruction, given children's proficiency with and willingness to use mobile devices anytime,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
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Guskaroska, Agata; Elliott, Thomas – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2022
Heritage language maintenance can be very challenging for diaspora communities worldwide. The role of technology on heritage language maintenance has recently started to spark the interest of researchers as a new emerging field but it still needs a lot of exploration. This exploratory study aims to provide an insight into Macedonian diaspora…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Immigrants, Parent Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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Kedra, Joanna – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
The article presents a study of five Polish multicultural and multilingual families in Finland, and their engagement in digitally mediated family communication. Explored through an ethnographic inquiry into the in-app communication practices of Polish migrant mothers and children, the study contributes to the body of research at the intersection…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Computer Mediated Communication
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Alemi, Minoo; Givi, Samira Salmani; Rezanejad, Atefeh – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
Digital storytelling (DST) is one of the areas which has entered the field of foreign language education and has proved to be beneficial in learning different language skills. However, it remains underexplored whether and how DST can affect learners' writing skill and motivation to write. The present study sought to investigate the impact of DST…
Descriptors: Story Telling, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Precoda, Kristin – CALICO Journal, 2004
Most languages of the world have not been the focus of a speech recognition development effort, and the choice of technical approaches best suited to a language can be substantially impacted by the cultural context surrounding it. As the technologist and the teacher of or expert in a non-mainstream language and its culture are typically not the…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Cultural Context, Languages, Computer Assisted Instruction
Blasky, Andrew, Ed.; And Others – Cross Currents, 1984
This issue of the biannual journal of the Language Institute of Japan contains, in addition to book reviews, conference listings, and other announcements, these articles: "Teaching Literature with Cognitive Counseling" (Wayne Pounds); "Extending the Scope of ESL Software for Advanced Students" (Hiroko Wagner);…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Children, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education