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Language Learning & Technology

2002 Volume 6, Number 1

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Number of articles: 6

  1. Social Dimensions of Telecollaborative Foreign Language Study

    Julie A. Belz

    Explores socio-institutional dimensions of German-American telecollaboration and ways they may shape foreign language learning and use. Intertwines socially and institutionally contingent features ... More

    pp. 60-81

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  2. Categorization of Text Chat Communication between Learners and Native Speakers of Japanese

    Etsuko Toyoda & Richard Harrison

    Examined negotiation of meaning that took place between students and native speakers of Japanese over a series of computer-based chat conversations and attempted to categorize the difficulties... More

    pp. 82-99

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  3. Effects of Students' Participation in Authoring of Multimedia Materials on Student Acquisition of Vocabulary

    Ofelia R. Nikolova

    Investigated the effects on vocabulary acquisition of student participation in authoring a multimedia institutional module. Sixty-two subjects were randomly assigned to two groups, and each group... More

    pp. 100-22

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  4. Visible or Invisible Links: Does the Highlighting of Hyperlinks Affect Incidental Vocabulary Learning, Text Comprehension, and the Reading Process?

    Isabelle De Ridder

    Investigates how the signaling-mode of electronic glosses in online texts influences the user's reading process, incidental vocabulary learning, and text comprehension. Indicates that when reading ... More

    pp. 123-46

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  5. Providing Controlled Exposure To Target Vocabulary through the Screening and Arranging of Texts

    Sina Ghadirian

    Considers how to bring foreign language students with limited vocabulary knowledge, consisting mainly of high-frequency words, to where they can comprehend authentic texts in a target domain.... More

    pp. 147-64

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  6. Student Perceptions on Language Learning in a Technological Environment: Implications for the New Millennium

    Jonita Stepp-Greany

    Presents data from beginning Spanish classes using a combination of technologies: Internet activities, CD-ROM, electronic pen pals, and threaded discussions. Examines students' perceptions of the... More

    pp. 165-80

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