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Download full textHeydy Robles Noriega; Karen Villalba Ramos – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
Microlearning has increased its popularity for course designs in eLearning environments due to short attention spans and time constraints. The objective of this designed-based research is to describe the multiple iterations of design, development, and revision of a general framework for creating a microlearning reading mobile application. First,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Design, Research Methodology, Computer Software
Montero-Arévalo, Sindy Johana – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
The present paper puts under examination the effects of Genre Based Approach (GBA) on 9th grade students from a city in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The purpose of the study is to analyze how GBA affects reading comprehension and writing by comparing the students' results before and after the execution of the approach. GBA was implemented in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 9, Reading Comprehension, Literary Genres
Direct linkGarcía Botero, Gustavo; Botero Restrepo, Margarita Alexandra; Zhu, Chang; Questier, Frederik – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Learners need diligence when going solo in technology-enhanced learning environments. Nevertheless, self-regulation and scaffolding are two under-researched concepts when it comes to mobile learning. To tackle this knowledge gap, this study focuses on self-regulation and scaffolding for mobile assisted language learning (MALL). Fifty-two students…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Robles, Heydy; Burden, Kevin; Villalba, Karen – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2021
Mobile devices are increasingly promoted as tools to facilitate ubiquitous and individualized learning, allowing learners to work at their own pace in authentic and meaningful settings. However, in the case of second language learning, there is a paucity of apps and tools related to improving students' reading comprehension in both Spanish and…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Medina, Sergio Alonso Lopera – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2015
This article analyzes the various types of information that alternative assessment and traditional assessment practices provided in an English foreign language (FL) reading course for graduate students at a public university in Medellín, Colombia. This study followed the principles of qualitative research, and a case study was used as a research…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Alternative Assessment, English (Second Language)
Bautista Barón, Myriam Judith – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2013
This article reports on an action research project that proposes to improve the reading comprehension and vocabulary of undergraduate students of English for Specific Purposes--explosives majors, at a police training institute in Colombia. I used the qualitative research method to explore and reflect upon the teaching-learning processes during…
Descriptors: Workshops, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
