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Gánem-Gutiérrez, Gabriela Adela; Gilmore, Alexander – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
This study used a mixed methods research design to investigate use of Web-based lexicographic tools during real-time second language (L2) writing activity in an English as a foreign language university context and the impact of their use on writing quality. Participants included 22 adult Japanese EFL learners, elementary to advanced language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study investigates the effectiveness of using Google Translate as a translingual CALL tool in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing, keyed to the perceptions of both more highly proficient Chinese English major university students and less-proficient non-English majors. After watching a 5-minute passage from a movie, each cohort of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lin, Vivien; Liu, Gi-Zen; Chen, Nian-Shing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The use of technology such as online software has been examined in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing contexts. However, few studies have incorporated context-aware ubiquitous technology into EFL writing instruction. To develop multimodal and digital literacy of target EFL undergraduates in this pilot project, the researchers designed and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Schemata (Cognition), Second Language Learning
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Ma, Qing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study investigated how one type of learner-generated information and content, i.e. inter-group peer online feedback, provided on a wiki writing assignment for an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course, could contribute to student L2 writing. Using a mixed method approach, more than 1000 entries of online peer comments were collected,…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Collaborative Writing
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Zhu, Yu; Mark Shum, Shiu-Kee; Brian Tse, Shek-Kam; Liu, Jinghui Jack – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
A study is reported of the performance and attainment of 32 students from overseas studying elementary Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in a Chinese university. With an AB-BA design, they were asked to use two forms of writing media to present two essays: one a word-processed essay entitled "My Favourite Female" and the other a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Instruction, College Students, Foreign Students
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Adnan, Müge – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This paper describes a structured attempt to integrate the flipped classroom model into a senior-level course at the higher education level. This study's purpose is to examine and compare the impact of flipped classrooms versus non-flipped as a means to contribute to the growing line of research on flipped teaching through an evaluation of both…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
The study reports on implementing self-developed English for specific purposes (ESP) courseware for technology industries in an elective course, "English reading for technology," offered to junior students of English as a foreign language in a technical university in southern Taiwan. Courseware implementation was combined with a…
Descriptors: Courseware, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sun, Yu-Chih; Yang, Fang-Ying – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
The present study integrates service learning into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speaking class using Web 2.0 tools--YouTube and Facebook--as platforms. Fourteen undergraduate students participated in the study. The purpose of the service-learning project was to link service learning with oral communication training in an EFL speaking class…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Byrne, Timothy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
Many teachers today use Learning Management Systems (LMS), several of which are open-source. Specific examples are Claroline and Moodle. However, they are not specifically designed for language learning, and hence not entirely suitable. In this article, I will compare two uses of the Claroline LMS available at Louvain-la-Neuve within the framework…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction