Expanding global horizons through technology enhanced language learning

Expanding the Horizons of Natural Language Interfaces

Current natural language interfaces have concentrated largely on determining the literal "meaning" of input from their users. While such decoding is an essential underpinning, much recent work suggests that natural language interlaces will never appear cooperative or graceful unless they also incorporate numerous non-literal aspects of communication, such as robust communication procedures. Thi...

Technology-enhanced language learning: A case study

This study explores participant views regarding the integration of Internet tools in language learning activities. The descriptive study has illustrated the perceptions of a class of senior high school students regarding language learning in a technology environment. The subjects were 44 10th-grade male students and their teacher who together joined a technology-enhanced language learning (TELL...

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Guest Editorial: Learning Analytics in Technology Enhanced Language Learning

Yu-Ju Lan, Nian-Shing Chen and Yao-Ting Sung Department of Applied Chinese Language and Culture, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan // Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan // Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan // [email protected] // [email protected] // [email protected] Correspon...

Technology Enhanced Learning Through Mobile Technology in Secondary Education

Digital games seem to be excellent tools for facilitating and supporting situated learning. This unbinding of knowledge from a specific context fosters its transfer to new problems and new domains. Additionally, children’s attitude towards computer games is the very attitude we would like all our learners to have. Therefore, it makes sense to try to merge the content of learning and the motivat...