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Geluso, Joe; Yamaguchi, Atsumi – ReCALL, 2014
Corpus linguistics has established that language is highly patterned. The use of patterned language has been linked to processing advantages with respect to listening and reading, which has implications for perceptions of fluency. The last twenty years has seen an increase in the integration of corpus-based language learning, or data-driven…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics, Language Processing
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Yang, Chunsheng; Xie, Ying – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
This paper reports on an action research study using iPads during the teaching of Chinese idioms to heritage learners. A class of 12 second-year Chinese learners were engaged in a self-generated learning process focused on learning abstract and concrete idioms using iPads. Students' short-term and long-term learning was measured; feedback from a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction
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Wong, Lung-Hsiang – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
As part of a learner's learning ecology, the informal, out-of-school settings offer virtually boundless opportunities to advance one's learning. This paper reports on "Move, Idioms!", a design for Mobile-Assisted Language Learning experience that accentuates learners' habit of mind and skills in making meaning with their daily…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods
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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)
Hismanoglu, Murat – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study is to elicit problem causing word stress patterns for Turkish EFL (English as a foreign language) learners and investigate whether Internet-based pronunciation lesson is superior to traditional pronunciation lesson in terms of enhancing Turkish EFL learners' accurate production of stressed syllables in English words. A…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Syllables
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. – 1999
This study sought to address concerns that high levels of literacy in both English and local languages are not being attained by children in U.S.-affiliated Pacific entities served by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL). The study was designed to answer the following question: Do classroom language use and instructional practices…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)