Year: 2013

A survey of online teaching by native-speaker English instructors at Japanese universities

John Bracher - This study investigates how native-speaker English teachers working at Japanese universities use the Internet in their classes.

Helping students to learn the English second conditional by blending Internet resources with virtual worlds: The results of a study

Mariusz Anglik - The paper presents the results of a study whose main aim was to investigate the effectiveness of…

Investigating an intelligent system for vocabulary learning through reading

Glenn Stockwell - While learners can acquire vocabulary through extensive reading (Pigada & Schmitt, 2006), research suggests that acquisition can…

Tablet PCs in a paperless classroom: Student and teacher perceptions on screen size

Judith Runnels, Arthur Rutson-Griffiths - A paperless classroom, when all materials required to complete a class are available in an…

Touch the page and mimic me: Evaluation of a talking-pen learning tool

Abigail Odakura - The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the talking-pen device called the Mimic Me, an educational…

Integrated language skills CALL course design

Kevin Watson, Grant Agawa - The importance of a structured learning framework or interrelated frameworks is the cornerstone of a…

A principled approach to utilizing digital games in the language learning classroom

Jared Baierschmidt - Empirical research into the use of digital games for educational purposes has shown promising results such as…

Frozen by fear: Can digital scaffolding help students start writing?

Daniel Mills, Olivia Kennedy - Despite having studied English for some 33 months, the students at the private junior high…

Autonomous language learning with technology

Edward (Edo) Forsythe - Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) wants English language education to be…

A Comparison of Lexical Feedback on Writing Received from Peers and a Teacher

Rachael Ruegg - While a vast number of studies have compared feedback from different sources, few studies if any have…

Reexamining semantic clustering: Insight from memory models

Tomoko Ishii - It has been repeatedly argued that semantically related words should not be learned together because learning is…

Enhancing Self-efficacy in Vocabulary Learning: A Self-regulated Learning Approach

Atsushi Mizumoto - The current study aimed to explore the effects of integrating a selfregulated learning approach on self-efficacy in…

Commentary on Four Studies for JALT Vocabulary SIG

I.S.P. Nation - Four papers by Tomoko Ishii, Emilie Masson, Atsushi Mizumoto and Rachael Ruegg will be presented in morning…

Comparing Regression versus Correction Formula Predictions of Passive Recall Test Scores from YesNo Test Results

Raymond Stubbe - A novel form of scoring formula for self-report yesno vocabulary tests was presented in Stubbe and Stewart,…

Sources of differential item functioning between Korean and Japanese examinees on a second language vocabulary test

Tim Stoeckel, Phil Bennett - The purpose of this study was (a) to ascertain whether DIF between two native language…

A corpus-based system of error detection and revision suggestion for Spanish learners in Taiwan: A case study

Hui-Chuan Lu, Yu-Hsin Chu, Cheng-Yu Chang - Compared with English learners, Spanish learners have fewer resources for automatic error detection…

Students’ perceptions and learning outcomes of online writing using discussion boards

Brian Nielsen - This study explores asynchronous online discussions as a learning strategy for Japanese EFL students from various perspectives.

Implementing mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) in an EFL context: Iranian EFL teachers’ perspectives on challenges and affordances

Reza Dashtestani - The implementation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has provided tremendous opportunities for language teachers to promote their…

Effects of Blackboard on EFL academic writing and attitudes

Abdulaziz I. Fageeh, Mohamed Amin A. Mekheimer - This study aimed to recognize the pedagogical effects of Blackboard as a…

Gauge of readiness for Internet-based language learning: An 800-pound GORILLa

Tylor Burrows, David Stepanczuk - This paper is based on the premise that little attention has been paid to learner…