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- Title
Mind and material: The interplay between computer-related and second language factors in online communication dialogues.
- Authors
Pin-hsiang Natalie Wu; Kawamura, Michelle
- Abstract
With a growing demand for learning English and a trend of utilizing computers in education, methods that can achieve the effectiveness of computer-mediated communication (CMC) to support language learning in higher education have been examined. However, second language factors manipulate both the process and production of CMC and, therefore, attention is required when discussing factors influencing CMC in a second language setting. his paper discusses text-based CMC in an English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) context and examines correlations between items included in CMC measures via a second language. Results show that CMC measures and second language proficiency are statistically correlated at a significant level. Some key points raised here are (1) a computer user's second language writing proficiency influences the computer communicative skills that he or she applies to the online dialogues; (2) a computer user's second language proficiency is related to his or her self-perception of the achievement on online dialogues; and (3) an EFL computer user's motivation for CMC is connected to his or her second language writing ability.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in universities &; colleges; TELEMATICS; SECOND language acquisition; LANGUAGE ability testing; COMMUNICATION in higher education; ACADEMIC achievement research
- Publication
Japan Association for Language Teaching Computer Assisted Language Learning Journal (JALT CALL Journal), 2014, Vol 10, Issue 3, p159
- ISSN
1832-4215
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29140/jaltcall.v10n3.173