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Direct linkLai, Arthur – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Immersion has been an acclaimed approach for second-language acquisition, but is not available to most students. The idea of this study was to create a mobile immersion environment on a smartphone using a mobile instant messenger, WhatsApp™. Forty-five Form-1 (7th grade) students divided into the Mobile Group and Control Group participated in a…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods
Kong, Stella; Hoare, Philip – International Education, 2012
This paper investigates the development of academic language proficiency through immersion in middle school programmes in Hong Kong and Xi'an. The study reveals that in both contexts students have exposure to complex academic language through teacher talk and textbooks; however, there is not sufficient support for students' academic language use…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Middle School Students
