CALL research archive: How can an online knowledge base further communication among second language professionals

ReCALL ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-253
Author(s):  
JANE L. HANSON ◽  
SVETLANA DEMBOVSKAYA ◽  
SOOJUNG LEE
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Keyword Search ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Search Index

The inspiration for our project arose from a perceived gap between research in foreign/second language learning and classroom practice. In order to address this issue, we created a web site containing summaries of seminal articles in the area of CALL – computer assisted language learning. The summaries are useful for many teachers who do not have time to read full text journal articles and understand the statistical terms, but would like to take advantage of the research findings. Researchers will receive feedback from teachers in the form of comments, which may give insight for further research. Other features of the website are: a database of teachers' comments and demographic information, keyword search, index, glossary, chronological and alphabetical bibliography, links to research archives and sites assisting with statistical terminology and design of experiments.

Research in the School of Languages and Linguistics at Griffith University

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-408
Author(s):  
Ben Fenton-Smith ◽  
Ian Walkinshaw
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Language ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
And Linguistics ◽  
International English

Griffith University is set across five campuses in south-east Queensland, Australia, and has a student population of 43,000. The School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL) offers programs in linguistics, international English, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, as well as English language enhancement courses. Research strands reflect the staff's varied scholarly interests, which include academic language and learning, sociolinguistics, second language learning/acquisition and teaching, computer assisted language learning (CALL) and language corpora. This report offers a summary of research recently published or currently underway within LAL.

scholarly journals Editorial

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-191
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Oxford ◽  
Mirosław Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Assessment Research

We welcome you to our special issue of Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (SSLLT). Our focus is language learning strategies, or LLS. We have been discussing the need for this special issue for years. Over coffee, sodas, or Chardonnet at many conferences and via emails and Skype, we discussed urgent issues in LLS assessment, research, and instruction.SSLLT, like many journals, has published numerous articles involving LLS, and other journals have had special issues on LLS. However, the time is ripe for a special issue that systematically includes LLS for all language skill areas, all major cross-cutting language subsystems such as grammar, and some important yet often ignored topics, such as strategies for learning culture and for technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), which greatly advances decades of research on computer-assisted language learning (CALL). We have gathered articles from a talented team of researchers, most of them well-known and the others rising stars. The articles in this special issue directly involve LLS research in several world regions and allude to such research in many more regions.

A Systematic Review of Second Language Learning:Trends and Suggestions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-108
Author(s):  
Nor Anis Izzati Bt Muhamad Sahlan Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
E Learning

This paper aims to investigate trends and suggestions related to second language pedagogical strategies. A total of 31 articles from both leading (Scopus and Taylor & Francis) and alternative (Google Scholar and MyCite) databases were selected and analysed. In answering the research question, the present study adopts the systematic literature review (SLR) method by incorporating in-depth Evaluation of past studies from 2015 to 2020. Therefore, the research divides second language pedagogical strategies into four trends, namely computer-assisted language learning, module-assisted language learning, student-centred language learning stylesand teacher-centred language learning. The findings indicate that computer-assisted learning comprising of module creation, e-learning and learning-based games are frequently used as the choice in tandem with the country’s education development. The study hopes that the acquired suggestion strategies are beneficial for stakeholders involved in second language learning education.

Using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) materials in English as Second Language (ESL) classrooms: perspectives of teachers and students in United Arab Emirates

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramia DIRAR SHEHADEH MUSMAR
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching

Integrating scaffolding-learning technologies has been recognized for its potential to create intellectual and engaging classroom interactions. In the United Arab Emirates, having language teachers employ computers as a medium of new pedagogical instrument for teaching second languages generated the idea of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) as a medium of an innovative pedagogical instrument for facilitating and scaffolding language learning, with an aspiration that it will lead to improved English language attainment and better assessment results. This study aims at investigating the perspectives of students and teachers on the advantageous and disadvantageous impacts of CALL on learning and teaching English as a second language in one public school in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The results show that CALL has a facilitating role in L2 classroom and that using CALL activities is advantageous in reducing English learning tension, boosting motivation, catering for student diversity, promoting self-directed language learning and scaffolding while learning English. The results additionally report that numerous aspects like time constraints, teachers’ unsatisfactory computer skills, insufficient computer facilities, and inflexible school courses undesirably affect the implementation of CALL in English classrooms. It is recommended that further studies should be undertaken to investigate the actual effect of CALL on students’ language proficiency. 

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