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Allen, Christopher; Hadjistassou, Stella K.; Richardson, David – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The relentlessly accelerating global educational demands for teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) in multiple, diverse, and often remote geographic locations constitute new challenges for academic institutions, teacher training and preparation programs, and teachers themselves. This study describes a novel approach where five…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, English (Second Language)
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Allen, Christopher – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This paper reports on the preferences among a group of pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher trainees for social media rather than "Moodle," an institutional Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), as a forum for support during a recent five week teaching practice in southern Sweden. The teacher trainees responded to a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Allen, Christopher – Research-publishing.net, 2013
In recent years, virtual learning environments (VLEs) or course management systems (CMSs) have become commonplace in European higher education as well as making inroads into primary and secondary schools. VLEs such as "Moodle," "Blackboard" and "It's Learning" offer educational institutions standardised packages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction