Understanding culture through poetry: A task-based project using multimedia and online video

Aiden dela Cruz-Yeh - In this paper, I discuss how poetry can be used as a topic of discussion and…

Al-Maqha: A low-tech web cafe for foreign language learners

Helle Lykke Nielsen, Gunna Funder Hansen, Maria Kyung Overgaard - Al-Maqha: A low-tech web cafe for foreign language learners.

Spoken Internet to go: Popularization through podcasting

Steve McCarty - Diem (2005) provides a useful introduction to podcasting and its applicability to Teaching English as a Foreign…

Building language-learning environments to help technological university students develop English independent learning

Shih-Yin (Stella) Hsu - This action research discusses how the teacher integrates the technology-based Self-access Center and Web-based environments into…

How well do self-access CALL materials support self-directed learning?

Hayo Reinders, Marilyn Lewis - Many CALL materials are used for self-study or are offered in self-access centres where students…

Distance language learning via synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC): Eight factors affecting NS-NNS chat interaction

Yoshiko Okuyama - In this paper, SCMC (synchronous computer-mediated communication) is used to refer to Internet-based, text-only communication, such as…

Collaborative interaction as the process of task completion

Nobue Tanaka - The current study analyses how learners of Japanese interpreted and completed tasks through collaborative interaction in two…