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Guest Editorial: Technology in Language Education

Dara Tafazoli; Michelle Picard

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2020.6885

Abstract
  Technology has drastically changed our academic lives in the 21st century. The challenge as teachers andresearchers in the field of language education is to prepare both teachers and students with new literacies and competencies. Terminology such as ‘digital literacy’, ‘ICT literacy’, ...  Read More

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We Learned Together it was Best Experiences for Me:” Website Creation in an ESL Classroom

Wendy Whitehead Martelle; Sabine Siekmann; Carolyn Mousseau-Knutson; Erica Harris; Danya Schimmack

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 11-30

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2019.6866

Abstract
  AbstractThis qualitative, exploratory study investigated the learning opportunities and learning strategies afforded by technology-mediated tasks.  In this study, a group of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners at an American university worked together to design and create a website for potential ...  Read More

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Experiencing Collaborative Professional Development in a Blended CALL Teacher Education Course

Fatemeh Nami; Seyedeh Susan Marandi; Elahe Sotoudehnama

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 31-40

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2019.6867

Abstract
  AbstractYears after the first coinage of the term blended or hybrid learning, this mode of learning and its related courses and programs are still widely underexplored in the context of CALL teacher education. In an attempt to shed more light into this research base, the present case study focuses on ...  Read More

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Foreign Languages and Computer-Assisted Learning: New Principles for Language Assessment in Teletandem?

Douglas Altamiro Consolo

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 41-54

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2019.6868

Abstract
  AbstractIn this article I review principles and practical aspects of language assessment in foreign language (FL) learning, more specifically with a focus on Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and other contexts in which computers are used as a means for distance learning and for language assessment ...  Read More

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Using Writing Assistive Technology to Improve EFL University Students Performance

Boukhechba Hicham; Bouhania Bachir

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 55-68

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2019.6869

Abstract
  AbstractSuccess at university depends on the possession of outstanding writing skills. Yet of all language skills, writing is the most arduous to master and the situation gets even worse in the case of second or foreign languages. The current study investigated the suitable ways to overcome the difficulties ...  Read More

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Digital Tools for the Development of Oral Skills in English

Vera Lúcia Menezes de Oliveira e Paiva; Ronaldo Correa Gomes Junior

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 69-82

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2019.6870

Abstract
  AbstractThis paper presents the results of a virtual ethnographic study developed in an online classroom in a public university in Brazil. The online activities aimed to help 70 students to develop English oral skills in a 60-hourcoursetaught along 15 weeks using the Moodle Language Management System ...  Read More

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Weaving Reflexivity and Revealing of the Self in Online Foreign Language Practice

Josephine Remon

Volume 2, Issue 2 , June 2020, Pages 83-98

https://doi.org/10.30473/idej.2019.6871

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  AbstractIn the context of collaborative online foreign language practice, we look at how metacognition and revealing of the self-combine when the full potential of the digital tools are put to use. We present a qualitative study of a corpus of written contributions by English as a foreign language distance ...  Read More