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Amgott, Natalie; Gorham, Julia A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
In recent years, research in multimodality has established the benefits of using multiple semiotic modes like image, sound, and text in digital second language (L2) communication. However, researchers have yet to investigate how L2 learners make meaning through embodied modes--or gestures and facial expressions. Grounded in the social semiotic…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cherrez, Nadia Jaramillo – Dimension, 2022
This study investigated the experiences and perceptions of two instructors while designing, teaching, and evaluating a flipped, intermediate Spanish course. Qualitative data was gathered through pre-post semi-structured interviews, curriculum design documents, class observations, and student course evaluations. The findings revealed that beliefs…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Flipped Classroom
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Tomak, Burak – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
Writing is one of the productive skills for language learners. This study was conducted to design a unit for language students who were enrolled in the School of Foreign Languages in one of the most prestigious Turkish state universities located in Istanbul. These learners had been taught different academic essay types in this educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
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Abou Adel, Mohammed – Arab World English Journal, 2022
This research aims to create a smart electronic course, which simplifies the information, and reduces the time and effort in acquiring it actively and interactively, with the implicit message that all courses should be updated and improved to a modern ornament that suits the learner's psychology, inclinations, and possibilities. It also meets the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
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Korkealehto, Kirsi; Lakkala, Minna; Toom, Auli – JALT CALL Journal, 2021
Student engagement is essential in online language courses where the risk of suspending studies is higher than in face-to-face teaching. Furthermore, oral language rehearsal is challenging in such a course; therefore providing sufficient assignments to rehearse oral interaction is central. This study investigates how student engagement and oral…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Japanese, Second Language Learning
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Ustuk, Özgehan – Teaching English with Technology, 2022
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide digital learning spaces for individualized professional development that may create opportunities in teacher education and support language teachers. Language teachers need continuous professional development to develop their digital literacies, and further research is essential to investigate new…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Language Teachers
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Karatza, Styliani – Designs for Learning, 2022
This paper links Systemic Functional-based multimodal discourse analysis and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher education through the workshop "Multimodal Literacy in the EFL classroom" (MLEFL). Drawing upon 'multimodal analysis for critical thinking' (MACT) pedagogy (O'Halloran et al., 2017) and the Systemic Approach to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Discourse Analysis
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Tare, Medha; Golonka, Ewa M.; Vatz, Karen; Bonilla, Carrie L.; Crooks, Carolyn; Strong, Rachel – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
This study examines the importance of interaction for second language (L2) acquisition by analyzing outcomes from two types of out-of-class activities. The study compared: (a) interactive homework, completed via text chat, and (b) individual homework, completed via independent writing. In a between-subjects design, participants in two…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Instructional Design, Second Language Learning, Russian
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Seppälä, Riina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
In today's world, individuals should be able to maintain their expertise amidst constant changes. Thus, this type of agency should be supported in higher education. One approach for a teacher-researcher to examine supporting agency and how it manifests itself in higher education courses is through the learning design. In this article, learning…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Instructional Design, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bangou, Francis; Vasilopoulos, Gene – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2018
This article experiments with creativity, ambiguity, design thinking, research, and teacher education in computer-assisted language learning within the development of a distance teacher education course on computer-assisted language learning. By deploying philosophy of immanence, the associated agencements of teacher becoming in computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Creativity, Design, Distance Education
Han, Jining – ProQuest LLC, 2019
With the rapid development of Web 2.0 in the field of education, which allows users to interact and collaborate with teachers and peers on the web, many researchers have focused on exploring the developments of using Course Manage System (CMS) in service of L2 writing (e.g., Chun, 2011; Warschauer & Grimes, 2007). Simultaneously, participation…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Web 2.0 Technologies, Case Studies, Second Language Learning
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Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Petit, Emily; Chen, Ching-Huei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
This exploratory computer assisted-language learning (CALL) study used a computer-mediated communication (CMC) interface to allow English as a foreign language (EFL) writing students in classes at two universities to give each other anonymous peer feedback about essay-writing assignments reacting to selected news stories. Experts also provided…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Grammar, Scores, English (Second Language)
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Tsurutani, Chiharu; Imura, Taeko – JALT CALL Journal, 2015
An increasing number of language educators are taking a blended approach to their teaching in order to enhance students' learning experiences and outcomes. During recent years, online tools have become a valuable resource, aiding teachers in course delivery and assessment. Blended learning, which is campus-based learning supported by online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Japanese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Salter-Dvorak, Hania – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
This article considers how course design accommodates the adaptation of L2 students into the early stages of the master's dissertation (Social Sciences and Humanities) at a UK university. I present a contrastive process-oriented analysis of two students' experiences on different courses, extracted from a 13-month ethnographic study in which…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Graduate Students, Masters Theses, Foreign Countries
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Amiryousefi, Mohammad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2016
Previous studies have mainly focused on homework in courses such as math and physics with little attention to homework in EFL (English as a foreign language) classes. The main purpose of the study reported in this paper was to give a voice to both EFL teachers and learners with regard to English homework. To this end, 8 EFL teachers and 19 EFL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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