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Fernández-Michels, Pedro; Fornons, Laia Canals – JALT CALL Journal, 2021
Online language learning environments where asynchronous communication is the main form of relation between learners and teachers require learners to use self-regulatory skills that help them control their learning process and compensate for the lack of interaction with their teachers (Fernández-Toro & Furnborough, 2014; Fernández-Toro &…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Metacognition, Second Language Learning
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Heffernan, Neil; Otoshi, Junko – JALT CALL Journal, 2015
This paper reports on a classroom-based inquiry using quantitative methods conducted with Japanese EFL students' writing practice using ETS's Criterion. The purpose of the study is to examine the actual effects of teachers' feedback on students' writing on Criterion. Twelve university students in Japan participated in this study, while completing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Fageeh, Abdulaziz; Mekheimer, Mohamed Amin A. – JALT CALL Journal, 2013
This study aimed to recognize the pedagogical effects of Blackboard as a computer-mediated communication (CMC) environment for teaching academic writing and improving students' attitudes toward academic writing. Learners' interactions in the CMC environment of Blackboard were analyzed via a controlled descriptive design to examine how students…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Computer Mediated Communication, Writing Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Mills, Daniel; Kennedy, Olivia – JALT CALL Journal, 2013
Despite having studied English for some 33 months, the students at the private junior high school in Japan described in this paper had never before been asked to write original compositions in the language. The researchers undertook a quasi-experimental pilot study in which the 156 (n= 156) participants were each asked to write four compositions,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Junior High School Students, Writing Assignments