Journal Archives
2022 · 3
The Relevance of Nation's "Four Strands Model" to Online Teaching
This paper applies Paul Nation’s “Four Strands Model” to online teaching. It looks at the three strands that comprise “practice”, as opposed to the one strand termed “language-focused learning” and discusses a variety of…
Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Their Digital Feedback Literacy Development Before and During the Pandemic
Feedback is central to successful learning, but digital feedback still appears to be underutilized by teachers. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, its relevance for teacher education has increased, though. This paper…
Changing Technologies or Changing Identities? The Effects of Online Teaching on Educator Identity in Vietnam During COVID-19
The purpose of this research was to understand the current effects on professional identity during the move to online learning from traditional class-based learning among higher education English lecturers in Hanoi, Viet…
The Affordances and Challenges of Virtual Reality for Language Teaching
There is relatively little research on how teachers can prepare to teach languages using Virtual Reality (VR) applications. There is also little longitudinal research on student self-directed learning using VR. In respon…
English Language Learners' Experience with Learning Management Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many educators and students around the world to shift abruptly from a face-to-face environment to an online learning management system (LMS). This change of environment proved especially diff…
Community Blog and Narrative Inquiry as Tools for Technology-Enhanced Professional Development for ESL Teachers
Clandinin and Connelly (2000) introduces the metaphorical three-dimensional narrative inquiry space, which espouses the commonplaces of temporality, sociality, and place as a framework to understand teachers’ personal pr…
Helping Teachers Help Their Students Participate in Virtual Exchange: The Importance of Teacher Training
This paper reports on evidence-based teaching practice carried out in teacher training within the International Virtual Exchange Project (IVEProject). The IVEProject has involved more than 30,000 students and 600 teacher…
Using Instructional Technologies to Cater for Individual Learner Differences
This paper seeks to guide teachers on how to integrate technology into their teaching in ways which allow them to tailor instruction to individual learners’ needs. It considers the importance of awareness of individual l…
Fostering Pre-Service Teachers' Information and Critical Digital Literacy Skills Through a COIL Project
Critical digital literacy (CDL) skills, and the ability to convey them to foreign language (FL) students have become increasingly relevant competencies of language teachers. Hence, concepts in teacher education need to b…
A Case of Transition: An Independent Study Course Goes Online
Ever since the switch from face-to-face to online classes in 2020, the greatest initial challenge for teachers and students has been to adjust and adapt to the technology necessary for this change to happen. Some concern…
Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teacher Education: An Interview with Mimi Li
Dr. Mimi Li shares her experiences of research on CALL as well as teacher training focused on digital pedagogy. She also discusses historical developments and existing challenges in teacher education in CALL, and future…