Year: 2005

Multiplying modalities: Opening up the fourth dimension to the online learner

Uschi Felix - Computer-mediated communication in educational settings has come a long way in the last decade, culminating in pedagogically…

CALL and JFL teacher education in Japan: A course description

Bernard Susser - This paper explores the integration of ICT into Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL) teacher education through…

Syntactical and lexical development in NNS-NNS Asynchronous CMC

Glenn Stockwell - Recent research into asynchronous CMC-based interactions between native speakers (NS) and nonnative speakers (NNS) of a language…

Comparing CALL Approaches: Self-access versus hybrid classes

Michael Rube Redfield, Peter D. Campbell - Comparing CALL Approaches: Self-access versus hybrid classes.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Using blogs in the foreign language classroom: Encouraging learner independence

Kathleen Pinkman - This small scale action research study explores how the author incorporated a blog project into an integrated-skills…

Choices in asynchronous communication for postgraduate teaching students

Patricia Henry, Xiaoyan Li - Most research concludes that asynchronous activities increase the amount of student participation and improve the…

An analysis of the use of Criterion in a writing classroom in Japan

Junko Otoshi - Criterion is a web-based writing assessment system developed by English Testing Service (ETS) which automatically provides learners…

Training English pronunciation for Japanese learners of English online

Wang Shudong, Michael Higgins, Yukiko Shima - In this study, a compact but effective Internet-based support system was designed for…

Review of Costello

Nicolas Gromik - Review of Costello.