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Lindström, Nataliya Berbyuk; Hashemi, Sylvana Sofkova; Bartram, Lorna; Bradley, Linda – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The paper reports on the availability and use of mobile resources by newly arrived Arabic migrants in Sweden, and how the resources meet migrants' integration needs. Analysis of websites and applications (hereafter apps) in combination with focus group interviews is used. Results show that though a variety of resources are available, translation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Web Sites
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Sadoux, Marion – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This research is an exploratory study that seeks to evaluate the potentials of the Chinese app WeChat to enhance the spoken fluency of learners of French in China, who report having limited and insufficient opportunities to practice speaking in their daily life. WeChat is an extremely popular instant messenger facilitating communication through a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, French, Informal Education
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Mulling, Alessandra Belletti Figueira – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This study highlights learners' perceptions about their experience with self-access materials with a qualitative orientation as the best way to understand nuances of how students learn and what they need from learning materials. This paper presents English as a foreign language learners' attitudes when interacting with the computer-reading section…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Reading Materials, English (Second Language)
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Jauregi, Kristi; Melchor-Couto, Sabela – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The Erasmus+ TeCoLa project (2016-2019) aims to develop and test innovative gamified telecollaboration approaches for secondary schools that address issues of learning diversity in intercultural and Content Integrated Language Learning (CLIL) and teaching. Authentic task-based transnational interactions among peers from different socio-cultural,…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Second Language Learning, Telecommunications, Multicultural Education
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Mason, Amanda; Wenxin, Zhang – Research-publishing.net, 2017
At present, there are few studies which explore the learning strategies employed by students of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) and even fewer that focus specifically on mobile application use. This study provides insights into how adult learners at varying levels of proficiency employ mobile apps to support their Chinese character learning.…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Preshous, Andrew; Ostyn, An; Keng, Nicole – Research-publishing.net, 2018
The Intercultural Product Pitch OIL (Online International Learning) Project set out to broaden the international experience for a small cohort of undergraduate students by enabling them to collaborate on a series of activities that would raise intercultural awareness and improve key communication skills. The project involved collaboration between…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, International Trade, Marketing, Foreign Countries
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Malerba, Maria Luisa; Appel, Christine – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper reports on a PhD study about informal second language learning in online communities (Livemocha and Busuu). In these communities learners autonomously seek opportunities for telecollaboration with Native Speakers (NSs) in the absence of teachers and pedagogical tasks, and in an informal context. This paper focuses on learning and social…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning
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Jiao, Yan – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This short paper attempts to investigate how the FutureLearn Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) blend, integrated into the module Theories, Methods, and Approaches of Language Learning and Teaching on the Master of Arts (MA) in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics at Coventry University, affected Chinese MA students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Online Courses, Teaching Methods
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Wu, Greg Chung-Hsien; Chao, Yu-Chuan Joni – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Agency, defined by Gao (2013) as learners' "dynamic strategic behavior" (p. 29) in response to contextual realities, has been central to educational undertakings. While the affordances of social networking sites like Facebook have been extensively examined in a number of educational studies, there has been a scarcity of research on…
Descriptors: Social Media, Vocabulary Development, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
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Nia, Sara Farshad; Davey, Ronnie – Research-publishing.net, 2014
In line with the needs of the 21st century learners and dramatic improvements in schools' technological infrastructures, it is expected that the integration of digital tools into language learning courses would take a quicker pace and a smoother path. However, current research indicates that although this might be the case for foreign language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lai, Shu-Li – Research-publishing.net, 2015
A number of studies have suggested the potentials of corpus tools in vocabulary learning. However, there are still some concerns. Corpus tools might be too complicated to use; example sentences retrieved from corpus tools might be too difficult to understand; processing large number of sample sentences could be challenging and time-consuming;…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Benini, Silvia; Murray, Liam – Research-publishing.net, 2013
More than 10 years have passed since the first introduction of the term "digital natives" in Prensky's (2001a, 2001b) two seminal articles. Prensky argues that students today, having grown up in the Digital Age, learn differently from their predecessors, or "digital immigrants". As such, the pedagogical tools and methods used…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Theories, Case Studies
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Benini, Silvia – Research-publishing.net, 2014
Information and communications technology (ICT) has become an acknowledged and integral part of everyday life for many people. As research shows, the use of ICT in appropriate contexts in education can add value to teaching and learning by enhancing the effectiveness of learning itself and being a significant motivational factor in the students'…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Second Language Learning, Case Studies, Second Language Instruction
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Fukuda, Eri; Okazaki, Hironobu; Hashimoto, Shinichi – Research-publishing.net, 2012
The purpose of this research is to study how second language (L2) learners' metacognitive knowledge on first and second language reading and writing would differ according to L2 language proficiency levels. Extending the study conducted by Carrell (1991) and Victori (1999), this research draws on interview data collected from Japanese learners of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Metacognition, Second Language Learning
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Allen, Christopher – Research-publishing.net, 2013
In recent years, virtual learning environments (VLEs) or course management systems (CMSs) have become commonplace in European higher education as well as making inroads into primary and secondary schools. VLEs such as "Moodle," "Blackboard" and "It's Learning" offer educational institutions standardised packages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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