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Ruofei Zhang; Gary Cheng; Di Zou – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
Digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) integrates key game elements such as Challenges, Rewards, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI), Multimedia, and Fantasy. Although the overall effectiveness of digital games in enhancing English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) vocabulary knowledge development is well-established, the specific roles of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Computer Games, English (Second Language), Learner Engagement
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Xinming Chen; Ziqian Zhou; Malila Prado – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
This study explores the efficacy of ChatGPT-3.5, an AI chatbot, used as an Automatic Essay Scoring (AES) system and feedback provider for IELTS essay preparation. It investigates the alignment between scores given by ChatGPT-3.5 and those assigned by official IELTS examiners to establish its reliability as an AES. It also identifies the strategies…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Technology Uses in Education, Automation
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Osama Koraishi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This study conducts a comprehensive quantitative evaluation of OpenAI's language model, ChatGPT 4, for grading Task 2 writing of the IELTS exam. The objective is to assess the alignment between ChatGPT's grading and that of official human raters. The analysis encompassed a multifaceted approach, including a comparison of means and reliability…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Artificial Intelligence
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Ahmet Can Uyar; Dilek Büyükahiska – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2025
This study explores the effectiveness of using ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) language model, as an Automated Essay Scoring (AES) tool for grading English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' essays. The corpus consists of 50 essays representing various types including analysis, compare and contrast, descriptive, narrative, and opinion…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Zeinab Hatami Nasab; Mehrak Rahimi – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2023
The study explored the impact of multimedia-enhanced STEAM activities on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' development of oracy skills and willingness to communicate (WTC) in an online course. The sample included 42 EFL learners who were randomly split into two groups with 21 students in each. Before the study, both groups' listening…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Learning Activities, English (Second Language)
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Tipaya Peungcharoenkun; Budi Waluyo – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: Research in the field of writing pedagogy within higher education has extensively examined the significant roles that feedback plays in the development of students' writing skills. However, comparative studies that investigate the efficacy of teacher-provided written and oral feedback, both with and without the aid of technology,…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Higher Education, Feedback (Response), Technology Uses in Education
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Xianghu Liu; Jingwen Pei – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
New media are used by language learners and teachers inside and outside the classroom to improve basic language skills. This study investigated the uses of new media for enhancing reading skills, stimulating student motivation, and promoting learner autonomy within the context of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). This…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Göktürk, Nazlinur – Teaching English with Technology, 2016
This study reports the results of an action-based study conducted in an EFL class to examine whether digital video recordings would contribute to the enhancement of EFL learners' oral fluency skills. It also investigates the learners' perceptions of the use of digital video recordings in a speaking class. 10 Turkish EFL learners participated in…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Oral Language, English (Second Language)
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Alipanahi, Fatemeh; Mahmoodi, Ra'na – South African Journal of Education, 2015
This study explores the differential effect of two types of corrective feedback strategies--explicit and implicit--on the acquisition and retention of correct past form of irregular verbs by Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Sixty out of 80 pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected as the participants, based on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Bahrani, Taher; Sim, Tam Shu – English Language Teaching, 2011
The present paper focuses on the role of audio/visual mass media news in language learning. In this regard, the two important issues regarding the selection and preparation of TV news for language learning are the content of the news and the linguistic difficulty. Content is described as whether the news is specialized or universal. Universal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Audiovisual Aids, Mass Media