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Abdel Latif, Muhammad M. M. – ReCALL, 2021
With the increasing recognition of the pedagogical applications of corpus linguistics, there has been a growing interest in developing teachers' corpus literacy to popularize the use of corpora in language education. This longitudinal study investigated Arab Gulf EFL student teachers' immediate and long-term responses to corpus literacy…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Linguistics
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Lew, Robert; Szarowska, Agnieszka – ReCALL, 2017
Language learners today exhibit a strong preference for free online resources. One problem with such resources is that their quality can vary dramatically. Building on related work on monolingual resources for English, we propose an evaluation framework for online bilingual dictionaries, designed to assess lexicographic quality in four major…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Bilingualism, Dictionaries, Second Language Learning
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Sauro, Shannon; Sundmark, Bjorn – ReCALL, 2019
This paper critically examines the integration of online fanfiction practices into an advanced university English language classroom. The fanfiction project, The Blogging Hobbit, was carried out as part of a course in the teacher education program at a Swedish university for students who were specializing in teaching English at the secondary…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cartoons
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Levy, Mike; Steel, Caroline – ReCALL, 2015
This paper investigates the extent of electronic dictionary use by language learners in an Australian university. All students in the study are formally enrolled in language courses across ten languages at first, second or third year level. The study places a particular emphasis on gauging student perceptions of the beneficial aspects of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Dictionaries
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Lee, Lina; Markey, Alfred – ReCALL, 2014
This paper reports a Spanish-American telecollaborative project through which students used "Twitter," blogs and podcasts for intercultural exchange over the course of one semester. The paper outlines the methodology for the project including pedagogical objectives, task design, selection of web tools and implementation. Using…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods
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Dippold, Doris – ReCALL, 2009
Recent years have seen the emergence of Web2.0, in which users are not only passive recipients of the featured content, but actively engaged in constructing it. Sites such as "Facebook" and "Myspace" are typical examples of this, as are blogs that allow users to present themselves online, to write about their daily lives or even to establish…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Focus Groups, Learning Processes
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Hauck, Mirjam – ReCALL, 2007
Computer-mediated-communication (CMC) tools allowing learners to be in contact with native speakers of their target language in other locations are becoming increasingly flexible, often combining different modes of communication in a single web- and internet-based environment. The literature on telecollaborative exchanges reveals, however, that…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Intercultural Communication, Electronic Publishing, Open Universities