Year: 2016

Effects of captions and subtitles on the listening process: Insights from EFL learners’ listening strategies

Kyoko Hosogoshi - Captions and subtitles as a form of scaffolding for audiovisual materials has gained much attention in second…

Enhancing Japanese university students’ English language presentation skills with mobile-video recordings

Sean H. Toland, Daniel J. Mills, Megumi Kohyama - In universities throughout Japan, English language learners are required to stand…

Learning strategies and learner attitudes in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game cube world

Shu Li Goh - The rapid progress of technology has revolutionized learning and in the field of computer-assisted language learning,…

Loanwords for Language Learners: Help or Hindrance?

Kaori Nakao - Background: Loanwords are a growing component of the Japanese language.

Tools for Researching Vocabulary P.M. Meara & I. Miralpeix (2017) Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters (280 pages) ISBN: 978-1-78309-645-9

Jon Clenton - Tools for Researching Vocabulary P.M. Meara & I. Miralpeix (2017) Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters (280 pages) ISBN:…

”I Don’t Know” Use and Guessing on the Bilingual Japanese Vocabulary Size Test: Clarifications and Limitations

Kurtis McDonald, Mayumi Asaba - This paper offers a response to Hutchinson's comments on ourpreliminary report of ''I don't know''…

Report on Vocab@Tokyo

Rob Waring - Report on Vocab@Tokyo.

A Lexical Network Approach to the Acquisition of English Verbs of Memory: The Case of Japanese Learners

Shun Morimoto - The present study investigated the acquisition of L2 English memory verbs, memorize, remember, and recall, by Japanese…

Using different types of dictionaries for improving reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition in English as a foreign language programs

Majed A. Alharbi - This study investigated the effects of monolingual book dictionaries, popup dictionaries, and type-in dictionaries on improving…

The effect of task types on foreign language learners’ social presence in synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC)

Chao-Jung Ko - This study aims to clarify the relationship between task types and foreign language learners' social presence (SP)…

Listening diary in the digital age: Students’ material selection, listening problems, and perceived usefulness

Cheryl Wei-yu Chen - The current study reports on a group of Taiwanese college students' first-person diary accounts of their…

Sustaining motivation for Japanese kanji learning: Can digital games help?

Dallas Nesbitt, Amanda Muller - Educational digital games are often presented at Technology in Language Education conferences.

Apps and EFL: A case study on the use of smartphone apps to learn English by four Japanese students

Emily Mindog - This study explores, describes and analyzes the utilization of smartphone apps by four Japanese university students to…

Training learners to use Quizlet vocabulary activities on mobile phones in Vietnam with Facebook

Phuong Tran - Mobile phone ownership among university students in Vietnam has reached almost 100%, exceeding that of Internet-capable desktop…

Trends in EFL technology and educational coding: A case study of an evaluation application developed on LiveCode

Suwako Uehara, Edgar Josafat Martinez Noriega - The availability of user-friendly coding software is increasing, yet teachers might hesitate to…