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Volume 24 Number 1 February 2020

 

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Articles

Using apps for pronunciation training: An empirical evaluation of the English File Pronunciation app

Jonás Fouz-González

This study explores the potential of the English File Pronunciation (EFP) app to help foreign language learners improve their pronunciation. …

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Pronunciation development and instruction in distance language learning

Ines A. Martin

The goal of this study was to explore how distance language learners’ pronunciation skills develop with and without targeted pronunciation …

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A mixed-methods study of feedback modes in EFL writing

Arif Bakla

As digital technologies have become ubiquitous thanks to the Internet, new modes of feedback in L2 writing have emerged, yet …

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L1 for social presence in videoconferencing: A social semiotic account

Müge Satar

Examining the use of multimodal translingual practices of language learners is a promising area for the study of semiotic resources …

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‘Successful’ participation in intercultural exchange: Tensions in American-Japanese telecollaboration

Tomoe Nishio & Masanobu Nakatsugawa

The concept of successful participation is context-dependent. Learners have different definitions, which are subject to potential tension in the manner …

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Synthetic voices in the foreign language context

Tiago Bione & Walcir Cardoso

This study evaluated the voice of a modern English text-to-speech (TTS) system in an English as a foreign language (EFL) …

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Exploring L2 learners’ engagement and attitude in an intercultural encounter

Ana Oskoz & Ana Gimeno-Sanz

Following the appraisal framework (Martin & White, 2005), in particular the two discourse-semantic systems of Engagement and Attitude, this study …

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Columns

Emerging Technologies

Edited by Robert Godwin-Jones

Immersion, interaction, and experience-oriented learning: Bringing virtual reality into FL learning

Yu-Ju Lan

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Language Teaching and Technology Forum

Edited by Greg Kessler

Evaluating intelligent personal assistants for L2 listening and speaking development

Gilbert Dizon

While the use of intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) has exploded in recent years, little is known about their use to …

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Enhancing multimodal literacy using augmented reality

Hui-Chin Yeh & Sheng-Shiang Tseng

Augmented reality (AR) technology has been used to successfully improve traditional literacy. However, there has been a paradigm shift in …

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Exploring blended learning experiences through the community of inquiry framework

Rui Zhang

It is widely accepted that effective blended learning initiates students into constructivist learning experiences by integrating face-to-face approaches with online …

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Media Reviews

Review of Teaching language and teaching literature in virtual environments

Margherita Berti

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Review of Innovations in flipping the language classroom: Theories and practices

Yanli Jia & Liangping Wu

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