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Yeh, Ellen; Swinehart, Nicholas – CALICO Journal, 2020
This study presents an innovative approach to developing interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) by training students to engage in online participatory cultures and analyzing their participation through the lens of communities of practice. Participants were university-level English language learners studying in the United States who were trained on the…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Trapè, Roberta – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This paper concerns a virtual exchange project between the University of Virginia (UVa), United States, and an upper-secondary school in Pavia, Italy. Centred on the question of gender equality, the project has been designed to take place over three years (2018-2021) with a direct reference to Robert O'Dowd's transnational model of virtual…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Exchange Programs, Program Descriptions, Secondary School Students
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Carver, Julie – Dimension, 2019
Social media has quickly become an integral part of day-to-day interaction for many university students. This exploratory study investigated the use of the social media site Instagram for written discussions in three introductory French classes (n= 83). Specifically, student perception on the role of image as a mediational tool (Vygotsky, 1978) to…
Descriptors: Social Media, French, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
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Sun, Yanyan; Franklin, Teresa; Gao, Fei – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
This study explored how the GRE Analytical Writing Section Discussion Forum, an informal online language learning community in China, functioned to support its members to improve their English writing proficiency. The Community of Inquiry (CoI) model was used as the theoretical framework to explore the existence of teaching presence, cognitive…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study
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Xu, Zhichang – TESL-EJ, 2017
The internationalization of higher education has brought students from different countries into direct contact with one another. One of the scenarios is intercultural communication among international students in an online environment mediated through institutional e-learning systems, for example, Moodle and Blackboard. In this paper, I analyze…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Skills
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Dahlberg, Giulia Messina; Bagga-Gupta, Sangeeta – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
The study presented in this article explores the ways in which discursive-technologies shape interaction in "digitally-mediated" educational settings in terms of affordances and constraints for the participants. Our multi-scale sociocultural-dialogical analysis of the interactional order in the online sessions of an "Italian for…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Grammar, Literacy, Introductory Courses
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Jee, Min Jung – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2014
With its growing number of users, Second Life as one of the avatar-based 3D virtual worlds has received attention from educators and researchers in various fields to explore its pedagogical benefits. Given the increasing implementation of technologies broadly in much instruction, this study investigated how ESL students negotiated meanings in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Halvorsen, Andy – CALICO Journal, 2012
This mixed-methods study looks at patterns of emoticon usage in adult, ESL student writing. Data are drawn from 13 students and their participation in online discussion forums designed to supplement a traditional ESL writing course. The study conceptualizes computer mediated communication as a hybridized and emergent form which utilizes features…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Discourse Analysis, Questionnaires, Interviews
Cho, Hye-jin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The present study explored how negotiation of meaning occurred in task-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) environment among college English learners. Based on the theoretical framework of the interaction hypothesis and negotiation of meaning, four research questions arose: (1) how negotiation of meaning occur in non-native…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Personality Traits, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
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Barrs, Keith – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
In language learning contexts a primary concern is how to maximise target language interaction both inside and outside of the classroom. With the development of digital technologies, the proliferation of language learning applications, and an increased awareness of how technology can assist in language education, educators are being presented with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Educational Technology, Computer Mediated Communication
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Diez-Bedmar, Maria Belen; Perez-Paredes, Pascual – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
Online collaborative writing tasks are frequently undertaken in forums and wikis. Variation between these two communication modes has yet to be examined, particularly type of feedback and its effects. We investigated the type of feedback and the impact of English native-speakers' feedback on Spanish peers' discourse restructuring in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Collaborative Writing, Native Speakers
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Hadjistassou, Stella K. – CALICO Journal, 2012
The goal of this study was to investigate the culturally afforded contradictions that ten advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) learner encountered when they posted their paper topics and exchanged feedback strategies online and contextualized some of these strategies to draft their papers. Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT),…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Foreign Students, Cultural Influences
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Sun, Yu-Chih – CALICO Journal, 2012
Educational blogs have drawn the growing interest of researchers and language teachers due to the user-friendly interfaces as well as the powerful archiving features. The purpose of the current study is two-fold: (1) to examine the effectiveness of extensive speaking practice on speaking performance in voice blogs, and (2) to examine learners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Speech Communication, Electronic Publishing
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Yang, Ya-Ting C.; Gamble, Jeffrey; Tang, Shiun-Yi S. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The challenge of providing authentic experiences and interactions for fostering oral proficiency and motivation in foreign languages is an opportunity for innovation in educational technology and instructional design. Although several recent innovations have received the attention of scholars, empirical investigation and validation is often…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Discussion
Schmerler, Gil, Ed.; Mhatre, Nayantara; Stacy, Jill; Patrizio, Kami; Winkler, Jessica Endlich; Groves, Jennifer; Rockwood, Kathleen Dickinson; Lin, Clara E.; Hernandez, Lillian; Solorza, Cristian; Hummel, Robin E. – Bank Street College of Education, 2009
Teacher leadership is "hard." Many of the reasons are obvious: Teaching is a highly labor-intensive profession to begin with, leaving little downtime for work with other adults. School schedules are notoriously stingy with space for adult collaboration. Teachers are rarely paid to exercise leadership; when they are, they are never paid…
Descriptors: School Schedules, School Culture, Teacher Leadership, Mentors
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