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Dan Lu; Ya-Nan Xie – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The cultivation of critical thinking with the assistance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools has drawn much attention from researchers and practitioners in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). With the purpose of exploring whether the application could help improve students' critical thinking and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Wang, Na; Chen, Juanwen; Zhang, Jingyuan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This paper reports on the development of constructive EAP CALL courseware, and its integration into blended learning contexts, as a solution to the problems in EAP courses in Chinese universities. A case study of a defining skills package, developed for undergraduates at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), is used to…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Courseware
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Tan, Chia-Chen; Chen, Chih-Ming; Lee, Hahn-Ming – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
A number of prominent educators have confirmed that developing learners' metacognitive strategies about listening is an important way of helping them learn how to listen to improve their listening. With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, many listening training systems provide various types of help options in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills
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Pitura, Joanna; Terlecka-Pacut, Elzbieta – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Being able to communicate in foreign languages, along with the remaining key competences for lifelong learning, are of special significance for upper-secondary school students -- soon-to-be tertiary education students and employees. Although Polish educational authorities have made efforts to account for this need in the Core Curriculum for Modern…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students, Computer Games
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Lai, Chun; Shum, Mark; Tian, Yan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Enhancing self-directed use of technology for language learning is essential for maximizing the potential of technology for language learning. Understanding how to construct learner training to promote this critical competency is of great significance. This study examined the effectiveness of an online training platform aimed at enhancing the…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Bueno-Alastuey, M. C.; López Pérez, M. V. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This study investigated students' perceptions of the usefulness of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in all the skills and areas of language in an English as a Foreign Language blended course, which integrated ICT fully, and compared these perceptions to those of pupils of a Spanish as a Second Language blended course with a lower…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Elkabas, Charles; Wooldridge, Russon; Trott, David – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
Offers a series of reflections on the theoretical bases of language teaching viewed from the perspective of the New Technologies (NT), and proposes a reconfiguration of the pedagogical triangle. In light of the tremendous impact of NT, different ways of treating the four language skills in traditional and virtual environments are considered.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Language Skills, Linguistic Theory