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Brandl, Klaus – ReCALL, 2012
This study investigates the effects of an optional and required (jigsaw) task on learners' quantity and quality of use of language under synchronous and asynchronous conditions. The question raised is: Does performing either of these task types under synchronous conditions cause a compounding effect that either positively or negatively impacts…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, German, Introductory Courses, Second Language Learning
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Eneau, Jerome; Develotte, Christine – ReCALL, 2012
This study concerns the development of autonomy in adult learners working on an online learning platform as part of a professional master's degree programme in "French as a Foreign Language". Our goal was to identify the influence of reflective and collaborative dimensions on the construction of autonomy for online learners in this programme. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Student Problems, Adult Learning
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AbuSeileek, Ali Farhan – ReCALL, 2009
This study aims at exploring the effectiveness of using an online-based course on the learning of sentence types inductively and deductively. To achieve this purpose, a computer-mediated course was designed. The sample of the study consists of four groups taught under four treatments of grammar: (1) with computer-based learning inductively, (2)…
Descriptors: Sentences, Grammar, Pretests Posttests, Comparative Analysis
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Jamieson, Joan; Chapelle, Carol A.; Preiss, Sherry – ReCALL, 2004
CALL evaluation might ideally draw on principles from fields such as second language acquisition, language pedagogy, instructional design, and testing and measurement in order to make judgments about criteria such as elaborated input, feedback, collaborative learning, authentic tasks, navigation, screen design, reliability, validity, impact, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
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Campbell, Dermot F. – ReCALL, 2004
This presentation is a discursive treatment of the migration of a classroom based translation class to online delivery using the Virtual Learning Environment WebCT. The main focus is not on the VLE itself, but on the pedagogical challenges posed by the move to online delivery and the course structure developed to retain as many of the advantages…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Translation, Educational Resources
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Basanta, Carmen Perez – ReCALL, 2004
This paper presents an online course for assessing and developing lexical competence which grew out of one simple question: How many words do our students have? We start by highlighting the importance of vocabulary teaching in the second language learning process and the beneficial effects of multimedia on developing lexis. The first response to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Personal Autonomy, Vocabulary Development
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Ros i Sole, Cristina; Mardomingo, Raquel – ReCALL, 2004
This paper discusses a framework for designing online tasks that capitalizes on the possibilities that the Internet and the Web offer for language learning. To present such a framework, we draw from constructivist theories (Brooks and Brooks, 1993) and their application to educational technology (Newby, Stepich, Lehman and Russell, 1996; Jonassen,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Open Universities, Student Attitudes, Distance Education