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Volume 22 Number 3 October 2018

 

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Articles

Can clicker use support learning in a dual-focused second language German course?

Stéphanie Roussel & Jean-Philippe Galan

This study investigated clicker-use impact in a legal German lecture, given to 65 French students of Law in which the …

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Focus on form in task-based L2 oral computer-mediated communication

Inigo Yanguas & Tyler Bergin

This study has a twofold goal: to investigate whether task type has an effect on the number, focus, and outcome …

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Online informal language learning: Insights from a Korean learning community

Daniel R. Isbell

Informal language learning in online communities represents a growing area of interest. In part, this interest is due to the …

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Using wiki-mediated collaboration to foster L2 writing performance

Hsiu-Chen Hsu & Yun-Fang Lo

This study investigated the effect of wiki-mediated collaborative writing on the development of learners’ individual writing in a second language …

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Vocabulary learning from watching YouTube videos and reading blog posts

Henriette L. Arndt & Robert Woore

This study compared second language vocabulary acquisition from engagement with two different online media: written blog posts and video blogs. …

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Exploring relationships between automated and human evaluations of L2 texts

Joshua Matthews & Ingrid Wijeyewardene

Despite the current potential to use computers to automatically generate a large range of text-based indices, many issues remain unresolved …

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Activate space rats! Fluency development in a mobile game-assisted environment

Jennica Grimshaw & Walcir Cardoso

Activities that promote fluency development or the automatization of speech are often ignored in second language classes because they do …

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Child-to-child interaction and corrective feedback during eTandem ESL–FSL chat exchanges

Christine Giguère & Susan Parks

This study examined the role of corrective feedback in the context of an English as a second language (ESL) and …

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Pre-task planning in L2 text-chat: Examining learners’ process and performance

Nicole Ziegler

Research suggests that pre-task planning time provides learners with opportunities to formulate, organize, and mentally store content, thereby freeing up …

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Columns

Emerging Technologies

Edited by R. Godwin-Jones

Contextualized vocabulary learning

R. Godwin-Jones

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Language Teaching and Technology Forum

Edited by Greg Kessler

Exploring the affordances of telepresence robots in foreign language learning

Jian Liao & Xiaofei Lu

The importance of authentic communicative practices in foreign language (FL) learning has long been recognized. However, most FL learners lack …

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Media Reviews

Review of In this together: Teachers’ experiences with transnational, telecollaborative language learning projects

Angelos Konstantinidis

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Review of The handbook of technology and second language teaching and learning

Hong Diao

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Review of Exploring spoken English learner language using corpora: Learner talk

Xinhua Yuan

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