scholarly journals How Technology Affects Language Learning and Teaching

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Mahmod Mkdadi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Subjective Strategies

This article surveys the writing on technology in language and unknown dialect learning. Given the solid enthusiasm for innovation use for language learning, it is imperative to take a gander at how innovation has been utilized in the field up to this point. The objectives of this examination are twofold: to see how technology have been utilized to help unknown dialect learning and furthermore to investigate any proof with respect to how innovation can upgrade securing of language aptitudes. This article talks about the discoveries under the accompanying classes: possibilities of innovation and its utilization in explicit territories, programming apparatuses utilized in certain language ability regions, programming structure contemplation, automated language testing, and research discoveries from concentrates utilizing quantitative as well as subjective strategies. At last, issues imperative for future research are additionally talked about. Available online at https://int-scientific-journals.com

scholarly journals How Technology Affects Language Learning and Teaching

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Mahmod Mkdadi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Subjective Strategies

This article surveys the writing on technology in language and unknown dialect learning. Given the solid enthusiasm for innovation use for language learning, it is imperative to take a gander at how innovation has been utilized in the field up to this point. The objectives of this examination are twofold: to see how technology have been utilized to help unknown dialect learning and furthermore to investigate any proof with respect to how innovation can upgrade securing of language aptitudes. This article talks about the discoveries under the accompanying classes: possibilities of innovation and its utilization in explicit territories, programming apparatuses utilized in certain language ability regions, programming structure contemplation, automated language testing, and research discoveries from concentrates utilizing quantitative as well as subjective strategies. At last, issues imperative for future research are additionally talked about. Available online at https://int-scientific-journals.com

Planning for Future Inquiry

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy L Egbert ◽  
Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni ◽  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Intissar Ahmed Yahia ◽  
Nataliia Borysenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Focal Area ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

The body of research on CALL tasks and topics grows daily; however, there are still a number of areas that are underrepresented in the literature. While there are many gaps in the CALL research to address, this article specifically focuses on eight gaps, chosen because of their perceived importance in improving CALL evidence and research practices and, by extension, language teaching and learning. In presenting the gaps, each section in this article: 1) provides a rationale for exploring the topic, 2) briefly reviews studies that typify the extant research in the focal area, and 3) provides recommendations for future research. The purpose of this article is to encourage all stakeholders in CALL to join in the rigorous and multi-perspective exploration of these under-addressed areas and strengthen the use of CALL for language learning and teaching.

Learners’ strategies with a grammar application: the influence of language ability and personality preferences

ReCALL ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
FENFANG HWU
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Personality Preferences ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Tracking Ability

This case study investigated the ways pre-major and pre-minor students of Spanish interacted with a grammar application from four perspectives. Firstly, using the computer’s tracking ability to collect learners’ behaviors, the study set out to uncover the different ways learners approached the application. Secondly, the study assessed the influence of two learner variables on learning behaviors: language abilities determined by a placement test and personality preferences measured by Jung-Myers-Briggs-Typology based approach. Thirdly, the study assessed whether the frequency of various behaviors resulted in different knowledge increases. Finally, the study categorized the uncovered behaviors into the learning strategies covered in the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (Oxford 1990). The study concludes with implications for software improvement, as well as with indications of likely directions for future research.

Research in language assessment

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-142
Author(s):  
Ute Knoch
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
International Reputation ◽  
Assessment And Testing ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

Since its inception in 1990, the Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC) at the University of Melbourne has earned an international reputation for its work in the areas of language assessment and testing as well as program evaluation. The mission of the centre is: (1) to carry out and promote research and development in language testing; (2) to develop tests and other appropriate proficiency measurement instruments for English and other languages; (3) to evaluate programmes of language learning and teaching; (4) to provide consultancy services in evaluation and testing; and (5) to provide education and training in the area of language assessment.

scholarly journals Language Testing in China: Past and Future

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Xuelian Li
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Classroom Assessment ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Future Research Directions

Based on the articles written by mainland Chinese scholars published in the most influential Chinese and international journals, the present article analyzed the language testing research, compared the tendencies of seven categories between 2000-2009 and 2010-2019, and put forward future research directions by referring to international hot topics. Of all the seven categories of research topics, validity, performance test and China’s Standards of English Language Ability were three most popular themes, while classroom assessment, technology, rater/test taker differences and professionalization were much less popular. Except for research on performance test and technology, the other five aspects showed an increase in the second decade, with that of China’s Standards of English Language Ability rising the most dramatically. Referring to international research trends, the research predicted that validity, classroom assessment, China’s Standards of English Language Ability and professionalization, especially the ethics and social justice, might be the promising research topics for language testers.

scholarly journals The Notion of Emotion in EFL Learning and Teaching in Saudi Arabia: A Critical Review of 20 Years of Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakieh Alrabai
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
English Language ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Context Of Learning ◽  
New Research

This paper provides a broad critical review of the research that examined the emotional factors such as learners’ attitudes, motivation, language anxiety, autonomy, and self-esteem in the context of learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in Saudi Arabia over a period of 20 years (2000-2020). The aim of this critical review is to answer some questions relating to identifying the most common themes of research efforts in this area, the strengths, and weaknesses among it; and to explain how such efforts have contributed to the development of English language learning/teaching within the Saudi context. The study is significant in that the findings identified some issues with thematic orientation in Saudi EFL emotion research—particularly regarding under- and over-explored topics due to an element of randomness in how research topics related to EFL emotions are often selected and explored, with some topic areas receiving excessive attention and others receiving little or no attention. Some issues related to research design and methodology were also acknowledged and assessed. The study suggests that it is useful to develop ways to coordinate and streamline future research on EFL emotions in Saudi Arabia and to work towards developing new research protocols that investigate the practicalities of language learning emotions in real learning situations.

Second Language Learners' Spoken Discourse

2017 ◽  
pp. 367-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catia Cucchiarini ◽  
Helmer Strik
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Speech Technology ◽  
Spoken Discourse ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This chapter examines the use of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology in the context of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and language learning and teaching research. A brief introduction to ASR is first provided, to make it clear why and how this technology can be used to the benefit of learning and development in second language (L2) spoken discourse. This is followed by an overview of the state of the art in research on ASR-based CALL. Subsequently, a number of relevant projects on ASR-based CALL conducted at the Centre for Language and Speech Technology of the Radboud University in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) are presented. Possible solutions and recommendations are discussed given the current state of the technology with an explanation of how such systems can be used to the benefit of Discourse Analysis research. The chapter concludes with a discussion of possible perspectives for future research and development.

Planning for Future Inquiry

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Joy L Egbert ◽  
Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni ◽  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Intissar Ahmed Yahia ◽  
Nataliia Borysenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Focal Area ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

The body of research on CALL tasks and topics grows daily; however, there are still a number of areas that are underrepresented in the literature. While there are many gaps in the CALL research to address, this article specifically focuses on eight gaps, chosen because of their perceived importance in improving CALL evidence and research practices and, by extension, language teaching and learning. In presenting the gaps, each section in this article: 1) provides a rationale for exploring the topic, 2) briefly reviews studies that typify the extant research in the focal area, and 3) provides recommendations for future research. The purpose of this article is to encourage all stakeholders in CALL to join in the rigorous and multi-perspective exploration of these under-addressed areas and strengthen the use of CALL for language learning and teaching.

Computer-assisted second language assessment: to the top of the pyramid

ReCALL ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIE J. MYERS
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Isosceles Triangle ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
New Findings

With innovative ways available to assess language performance through the use of computer technology, practitioners have to rethink their preferred strategies of language testing. It is necessary to take into account both the new developments in language learning and teaching research and also the latest features computers have to offer to help with language assessment. In addition to best practices developed over the years in the field, it is necessary for provision to be made for authentic assessments of intercultural communication abilities. After a review of the latest language-testing literature and a discussion of the current problems identified in it, this paper explores the latest developments in computer technology and proposes areas of language testing in the light of the new findings. A practical application follows. This is an adaptation, in a school board in Ontario, of the latest evaluation model. The model represents unit planning as an isosceles triangle with assessed assignments stacked in horizontal bands from the base to the vertex, i.e. the top. The suggestion is offered that this approach can be enriched, by changing the triangle into a pyramid with a different model on each side. Access to the four sides by rotation of the pyramid allows a broader range of activities culminating in one final assessment task at the summit.

scholarly journals Distance learning of foreign languages

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia White
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Way

This article provides a critical overview of the field of distance language learning, challenging the way in which the field is often narrowly conceptualised as the development of technology-mediated language learning opportunities. Early sections focus on issues of concept and definition and both theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on the field. Emphasis is placed on evident shifts from a concern with structural and organisational issues to a focus on transactional issues associated with teaching/learning opportunities within emerging paradigms for distance language learning. The next section reviews choices and challenges in incorporating technology into distance language learning environments, foregrounding decisions about technology made in particular sociocultural contexts, the contribution of ‘low-end’ technologies and research directions in developing new learning spaces and in using online technologies. The investigation of learner contributions to distance language learning is an important avenue of enquiry in the field, given the preoccupation with technology and virtual learning environments, and this is the subject of section six. The two final sections identify future research directions and provide a series of conclusions about research and practice in distance language learning as technology-mediated interactions increasingly come to influence the way we think about the processes of language learning and teaching.

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