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Bakla, Arif – ReCALL, 2019
Despite their potential benefits, teacher-created animated cartoons have not found much room in second-language (L2) research, probably due to some technical challenges involved in creating them. This paper reports the findings of a mixed-methods embedded experimental study, designed to test the impact of tailor-made animated cartoons on the…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Teaching Methods, Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Bozorgian, Hossein; Alamdari, Ebrahim Fakhri – ReCALL, 2018
This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of metacognitive instruction through dialogic interaction in a joint activity on advanced Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' multimedia listening and their metacognitive awareness in listening comprehension. The data were collected through (N = 180) male and female Iranian…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
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Neville, David O. – ReCALL, 2015
The article reports on a mixed-methods study evaluating the use of a three-dimensional digital game-based language learning (3D-DGBLL) environment to teach German two-way prepositions and specialized vocabulary within a simulated real-world context of German recycling and waste management systems. The study assumed that goal-directed player…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Educational Games, Video Games, Computer Games
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Hedjazi Moghari, Mona; Marandi, S. Susan – ReCALL, 2017
It is usually the case that learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) are exposed to language materials in class only, and of course in such a short space of time, they do not always find enough chance to practice English grammar features and become aware of their grammar mistakes. As a potential solution to this problem, the current study…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hsu, Ching-Kun – ReCALL, 2015
The aim of this study was to provide adaptive assistance to improve the listening comprehension of eleventh grade students. This study developed a video-based language learning system for handheld devices, using three levels of caption filtering adapted to student needs. Elementary level captioning excluded 220 English sight words (see Section 1…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mirzaei, Azizullah; Domakani, Masoud Rahimi; Rahimi, Sedigheh – ReCALL, 2016
Lexis-based views of second or foreign language (L2) teaching place prime importance on the teaching of conventionalized multi-word lexical items, or unanalyzed chunks, as a useful mechanism for fostering learners' creative production of forms and their subsequent development of L2 competence. This pretest/posttest quasiexperimental study probed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Huang, Zeping – ReCALL, 2014
This paper examines whether and to what extent data-driven learning (DDL) activities can improve the lexico-grammatical use of abstract nouns in L2 writing. A topic-based corpus was compiled to develop concordance learning activities, and 40 Chinese students majoring in English were randomly assigned to a control group or an experimental group. At…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Language Patterns, Writing (Composition)