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Yang, Hongzhi; Tsung, Linda; Cao, Lu – SAGE Open, 2022
Virtual reality (VR) for Language learning has been shown effective in improving students' communication skills. However very few studies reveal the communication strategies students used in communicating in a VR environment, especially in learning Chinese as a foreign or second language (CFL/CSL). In this pilot study, a prototype Virtual…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Arroba, Juan; Acosta, Hazel – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
The research study intends to determine the effectiveness of authentic digital storytelling as an alternative strategy to improve speaking in EFL classes at the university level. The research follows a quantitative paradigm, and a survey was first administered to capture participants' perceptions of the everyday speaking activities employed in…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Personal Narratives, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Woore, Robert; Molway, Laura; Macaro, Ernesto – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This article offers a critical perspective on Ofsted's (2021) "Curriculum Research Review for Languages" (OCRR). Whilst the OCRR contains much that we would agree with (including its underpinning principle of drawing on research evidence to inform policy and pedagogy), we are nevertheless concerned that it could result in unintended…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Cheng, Li; Lu, Zhihong – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper reports a 3-month study investigating engineering students' Communication Strategies (CSs) in a mobile-assisted course. 67 Chinese learners of English in this course volunteered to participate in the study. The instruments included oral communication sessions, stimulated recall interviews, WeChat exchanges, etc. Results showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, College Students, Telecommunications
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Alhinty, Mona – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015
The emergence of multi-touch screen tablets has increased the opportunities for mobile learning, as the unique capabilities and affordances of these devices give them an educational advantage over other mobile technologies. Tablets are progressively finding their way into classrooms and transforming modes of learning and teaching. However,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Shea, Andrea Misao – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Communication is a key component in learning a second language (L2). As important as the "ability" to communicate in the L2 is the willingness to use the L2 or, what has been identified in the literature as "Willingness to Communicate" (WTC). Language is best learned when situated in, and based on, real-life experiences.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Communication Strategies, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Aldana Gutiérrez, Yeraldine; Baquero Rodríguez, Mauro Jordan; Rivero Ortiz, Gustavo Adolfo; Romero García, Dora Cenaida – HOW, 2012
This article describes the pedagogical intervention developed in a public school as part of the research "Exploring Communications Practices through Facebook as a Mediatic Device", framed within the computer mediated communications field. Twelve ninth graders' communications practices were explored and addressed by means of multimodal…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intervention, Social Media, Technology Uses in Education