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Boris Vazquez-Calvo; Sergio Duarte-Marti; Leticia-Tian Zhang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Online informal language learning has surged due to the growing interaction on social networking sites, such as TikTok and YouTube. One vital interaction method is through comments, revealing insights into learner behaviors and thoughts. Concurrently, the "Korean Wave" has made Korean a sought-after language. This study examined comments…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Korean, Social Media, Video Technology
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Chen, Hsueh Chu; Han, Qian Wen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
As an international financial centre, Hong Kong is a metropolitan city that has given rise to multilingual characteristics in recent years. In addition to Cantonese and English, which serve mostly as first and second languages, Hong Kong residents have increasingly begun to develop a third or even a fourth language. The biliteracy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Online Courses, Pronunciation
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Stoddart, Andrew; Chan, Joe Yong-Yi; Liu, Gi-Zen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This state-of-the-art review research undertook a survey of a variety of studies regarding wiki-based collaborative writing projects and from this body of work extracted the best practices tenets of facilitation. Wiki-based collaborative writing projects are becoming more common in second language (L2) pedagogy. Such projects have multiple aims.…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Park, Ji Yong – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Accepting the fact that culture and language are interrelated in second language learning (SLL), the web sites should be designed to integrate with the cultural aspects. Yet many SLL web sites fail to integrate with the cultural aspects and/or focus on language acquisition only. This study identified three issues: (1) anthropologists'…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Web Sites, Vignettes, Guidelines
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Kim, Hyung Nam – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
It is often observed that most international students are less likely to express their opinions in class. The lack of communicative engagement has negative impacts on students' academic performance. The objective of this article was to explore a range of possible explanations for international students' lack of engagement in class discussions and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Intercultural Communication, Web Sites