Volume 21 Number 2 - Language Learning and Technology

Articles

The effects of concordance-based electronic glosses on L2 vocabulary learning

Hansol Lee, Mark Warschauer & Jang Ho Lee

The present study investigates the effects of two different vocabulary learning conditions in digital reading environments equipped with electronic textual …

Blog posts and traditional assignments by first- and second-language writers

Irina Elgort

This study investigates differences in the language and discourse characteristics of course blogs and traditional academic submissions produced in English …

Computer-based multimodal composing activities, self-revision, and L2 acquisition through writing

Richmond Dzekoe

This study investigated how 22 advanced-low proficiency ESL students used computer-based multimodal composing activities (CBMCAs) to facilitate self-revision and learn …

Explaining dynamic interactions in wiki-based collaborative writing

Mimi Li & Wei Zhu

This article reports a case study that examined dynamic patterns of interaction that two small groups (Group A and Group …

Designing talk in social networks: What Facebook teaches about conversation

Chantelle Warner & Hsin-I Chen

The easy accessibility, ubiquity, and plurilingualism of popular SNSs such as Facebook have inspired many scholars and practitioners of second …

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Investigating linguistic, literary, and social affordances of L2 collaborative reading

Joshua J. Thoms & Frederick Poole

This exploratory study analyzes learner–learner interactions within a virtual environment when collaboratively reading Spanish poetry in a Hispanic literature course …

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Peer interaction in text chat: Qualitative analysis of chat transcripts

Ewa M. Golonka, Medha Tare & Carrie Bonilla

Prior research has shown that intermediate-level adult learners of Russian who worked interactively with partners using text chat improved their …

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Children’s interaction and lexical acquisition in text-based online chat

Yvette Coyle & Maria José Reverte Prieto

This is an empirical study in which we explore child foreign language learners’ interactional strategy use, uptake, and lexical acquisition …

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Asynchronous group review of EFL writing: Interactions and text revisions

Murad Abdu Saeed & Kamila Ghazali

The current paper reports an empirical study of asynchronous online group review of argumentative essays among nine English as foreign …