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Hwang, Sung-on; Piazza, Carolyn L.; Pierce, Michael J.; Bryce, Sara M. – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on one high school English-language-learner's (ELL) breadth and depth of vocabulary as he communicated with his teacher through e-mail across geographic boundaries for over 18 months. Design/methodology/approach: The authors began by separating 358 e-mails into three time periods (first beginning,…
Descriptors: Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Huang, Daphne Li-jung – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2009
This paper describes how Chinese-English bilinguals in Taiwan use their languages in asynchronous computer-mediated communication, specifically, via Bulletin Board System (BBS) and email. The main data includes two types: emails collected from a social network and postings collected from two BBS websites. By examining patterns of language choice…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Mandarin Chinese
Wang, Lih-Ching Chen; Dalton, David W. – 1997
Learning to communicate in English is an essential tool to access many resources via worldwide networks in the global society. Like students from many other countries, students in Taiwan study English for years, but lack opportunities to practice. For English-as-a-Second-Language students, the World Wide Web provides a learning environment in…
Descriptors: College Students, Distance Education, Education Majors, Electronic Mail