Friendship and reciprocity as motivators in CSCL

Simeon Flowers - Motivation is an important topic among language teachers in Japan.

Why tweet when you can bubble? Students’ perceptions of a voice microblog for the development of their L2 spoken production skills

Renaud Jonathan Davies - This study explores the role voice microblogging-based activities play in developing learners' spoken production skills.

Musical looping of lexical chunks: An exploratory study

Kim Rockell - This paper reports on the experimental use of a recently developed musical looping app with a class…

Designing online assignments for Japanese language teaching

Chiharu Tsurutani, Taeko Imura - An increasing number of language educators are taking a blended approach to their teaching in…

Assessment and e-learning: Current issues and future trends

Neil Cowie, Keiko Sakui - This paper describes different ways in which digital technology can be used for language learning.

Using information and communication technologies to motivate young learners to practice English as a foreign language in Cyprus

Maria Diakou - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are continuously evolving and when integrated appropriately these can facilitate foreign language…