Interactional behavior of foreign language learners in synchronous CMC: Are they really interacting?

Nobue Tanaka-Ellis - The aim of this exploratory study was to better understand some of the factors that influenced language…

A preliminary study of the effect of WebQuests on the writing performance of Saudi female EFL elementary school students

Meshail M. Almasri, Hind Alfadda, Yousif Alshumaimeri - This study investigated how WebQuests, an internet-based learning tool, affects fifth-grade Saudi…

English Internet usage: An indicator or EFL progress

Jason R. Byrne - The study attempts to prove, or disprove, the hypothesis that English Internet usage is an indicator…

Content-based instruction using Moodle: Creating a website to mirror and enhance a print textbook

Rick Broadaway - This paper will describe how Moodle was used to create an online version of a print textbook…

Improved student motivation and confidence through self-access listening, video forums and talking journals

William Collins, Justin Hunt - In order to improve and develop confidence in their speaking and listening proficiency, students need…

A survey of Japanese university students’ computer literacy skills

Adam Murray, Andrew Blyth - Despite most Japanese university students having access to computers and the internet, there are anecdotal…

Learning environments that facilitate reflection on language learning

Jo Mynard - In this paper, I describe a university course designed to facilitate awareness of the language learning process…

An evaluation of automated writing assessment

Craig Hagerman - This paper describes research done to empirically study the efficacy of using Criterion, a commercial web-based writing…

Transforming digital reading with visual-syntactic text formatting

Mark Warschauer, Youngmin Park, Randall Walker - Visual-syntactic text formatting uses natural language processing techniques to parse sentences and present…

Online instructional environments for language teaching: Designing the conversation

Carla Meskill - As more and more language education activity moves to online venues, language educators are left with a…