Volume 27 Number 1 - Language Learning and Technology

Articles

Learning processes in interactive CALL systems: Linking automatic feedback, system logs, and learning outcomes

Bronson Hui, Björn Rudzewitz & Detmar Meurers

Interactive digital tools increasingly used for language learning can provide detailed system logs (e.g., number of attempts, responses submitted), and …

Sep 25

Motivation in computer-assisted pronunciation training: Online and face-to-face environments

Ines A Martin

This study investigated how learners’ motivation to improve their pronunciation (i.e., pronunciation-focused motivation) influences their L2 pronunciation achievements. This relationship …

Sep 18

Student use and instructor beliefs: Machine translation in language education

Emily A Hellmich & Kimberly Vinall

The use of machine translation (MT) tools remains controversial among language instructors, with limited integration into classroom practices. While much …

Sep 11

The use of lexical complexity for assessing difficulty in instructional videos

Emad A Alghamdi, Paul Gruba, Ahmed Masrai & Eduardo Velloso

Although measures of lexical complexity are well established for printed texts, there is currently no equivalent work for videos. This …

Sep 4

Second language learners’ post-editing strategies for machine translation errors

Dongkawang Shin & Yuah V. Chon

Considering noticeable improvements in the accuracy of Google Translate recently, the aim of this study was to examine second language …

Aug 21

Applying educational data mining to explore individual experiences in digital games

Frederick J. Poole & Jody Clarke-Midura

Research involving digital games and language learning is rapidly growing. One advantage of using digital games to support language learning …

Aug 7

Willingness to communicate and oral communicative performance through asynchronous video discussions

Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez & Larysa Nadolny

Speaking in a foreign/second language is a challenge for many learners, even when they have linguistic knowledge. Drawing on González-Lloret …

Jul 24

Learning pronunciation through television series

Paweł Scheffler & Karolina Baranowska

While there is ample research on the effect of exposure to foreign language (FL) video materials on developing vocabulary knowledge …

Jul 10

Game-based instruction of pragmatics: Learning request-making through perlocutionary effects

Naoko Taguchi

Using the single-group pre-posttest design, this exploratory study examined whether L2 learners of English can learn a speech act by …

Jun 26

Negotiations for meaning in the context of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Nasser Jabbari & Zohreh R. Eslami

This study investigated negotiations for meaning as conditions for second language (L2) learning in the context of a massively multiplayer …

May 29

Peer and NS-learner videoconferencing: Language-related episodes and perceived usefulness

Lauren Hetrovicz

This study examines online interaction through the lens of language-related episodes (LREs), sites where learning is likely to occur given …

May 1

How do learners use a CALL environment? An eye-tracking study

Isabeau Fievez, Maribel Montero Perez, Frederik Cornillie & Piet Desmet

This study investigates how learners use a freely available web-based multimodal language learning environment based on videos and newspaper articles …

Apr 17

Automatic pronunciation assessment vs. automatic speech recognition: A study of conflicting conditions for L2-English

Enrique Cámara-Arenas, Cristian Tejedor-García, Cecilia Judith Tomas-Vázquez & David Escudero-Mancebo

This study addresses the issue of automatic pronunciation assessment (APA) and its contribution to the teaching of second language (L2) …

Mar 13

Topic management in L2 task-based written interactions

Makoto Abe

How online interactants advance their talk in written interactions has been extensively investigated in different areas, including language learning. Applying …

Feb 27

Multimodal glosses enhance learning of Arabic vocabulary

Juman Al Bukhari & John A. Dewey

In second language acquisition, a popular method of introducing new vocabulary is by embedding the words in a natural text. …

Jan 18