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Ho, Caroline Mei Lin; Rappa, Natasha Anne; Chee, Yam San – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
This paper focuses on the design and implementation of an innovative technologically mediated intervention for argumentation pedagogy in two classes comprising 17- to 18-year-old students in Singapore. The design research involves integrating the "Second Life" immersive virtual environment and web-based scaffolding through a customized…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Grade 12
Lizasoain, Andrea; Ortiz de Zarate, Amalia – Online Submission, 2009
According to the national results of the English diagnostic test (2004) applied to Chilean 8th and 12th graders, the current English teaching methodology used in this country is not efficient nor effective. Consequently, a different methodology is urgently needed, particularly in a context where students primarily come from rural areas and will be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Diagnostic Tests