Distance Language Learning: Interactivity and Fourth-Generation Internet-Based Videoconferencing

Yuping Wang

CALICO Journal Vol. 21, No. 2 (January 2004) pp. 373–395

This article provides a report on NetMeeting as an appropriate fourth-generation tool for interactive language learning in distance mode. It follows on earlier research by Wang and Sun (2000, 2001) on the most urgent problem facing distance language ...

Task Design in Videoconferencing-Supported Distance Language Learning

Yuping Wang

CALICO Journal Vol. 24, No. 3 (May 2007) pp. 591–630

This article addresses a pervasive need in the area of videoconference-supported distance language learning: task design. On the basis of Chapelle's (2001) criteria for CALL task appropriateness, this article proposes a set of criteria for...

Supporting Synchronous Distance Language Learning with Desktop Videoconferencing

Yuping Wang

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 8, No. 3 (September 2004) pp. 90–121

This study involves three dimensions: distance language education (DLE) as the context, videoconferencing as the technology, and the provision of synchronous oral and visual interaction in DLE as the core research problem. This article follows on...

Negotiation of Meaning in Desktop Videoconferencing-Supported Distance Language Learning

Yuping Wang

ReCALL Vol. 18, No. 1 (May 2006) pp. 122–145

The aim of this research is to reveal the dynamics of focus on form in task completion via videoconferencing. This examination draws on current second language learning theories regarding effective language acquisition, research in Computer Mediated ...

Negotiation of Meaning in Multimodal Tandem Learning via Desktop Videoconferencing

Yuping Wang; Jianqiu Tian

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 41–55

Using the discourse model for negotiation of meaning developed by Varonis and Gass (1985), this study investigates the quality of the negotiation of meaning by eTandem partners in a videoconferencing-supported multimodal environment, and the...

Internet-based Real Time Language Education: Towards a Fourth Generation Distance Education

Yuping Wang; Chengzheng Sun

CALICO Journal Vol. 18, No. 3 (2001) pp. 539–61

Through examination of the development of distance education for foreign languages, puts forth a theory on the emergence of a fourth generation of distance language education, challenging the generally accepted three-generation theory. Argues that...

Online Interaction Between On-Campus and Distance Students: Learners' Perspectives

Nobue Miwa; Yuping Wang

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 54–69

This paper addresses postgraduate students’ perspectives toward online interaction between on-campus and distance students through online collaboration tools such as online discussion boards and Wikis. Data were collected from eight interview...

Investigating the Building of a WeChat-Based Community of Practice for Language Teachers' Professional Development

Grace Yue Qi; Yuping Wang

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching Vol. 12, No. 1 (2018) pp. 72–88

This study explores the process of Community of Practice (CoP) building for language teachers' professional development through the support of a WeChat group. WeChat is an instant messenger app that provides a multimodal platform for one-on-one and...

Testing Principles of Language Learning in a Cyber Face-to-Face Environment

Nian-Shing Chen; Yuping Wang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 3 (2008) pp. 97–113

This article discusses the application of the established principles of instructed language learning in a cyber fact-to-face environment supported by an advanced Synchronous Learning Management System (SLMS). Following a critical review of the use...

Mastery-Based Language Learning outside Class: Learning Support in Flipped Classrooms

Yuping Wang; Grace Yue Qi

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 22, No. 2 (2018) pp. 50–74

In the last five years or so, research has extensively explored the benefits and problems of flipped classrooms in helping improve the student learning experience. However, little attention has been given to the kinds of support that students would...

The Collaborative Language Learning Attributes of Cyber Face-to-Face Interaction: The Perspectives of the Learner

Yuping Wang; Nian-Shing Chen

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 20, No. 4 (2012) pp. 311–330

This article examines the degrees of collaborative language learning that were supported in cyber face-to-face interaction. The concept of "cyber face-to-face" is used here to encapsulate the kind of environment in which a combination of real-time...

Revisiting the Blended Learning Literature: Using a Complex Adaptive Systems Framework

Yuping Wang; Xibin Han; Juan Yang

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 2 pp. 380–393

This research has two aims: (1) to bridge a gap in blended learning research--the lack of a systems approach to the understanding of blended learning research and practice, and (2) to promote a more comprehensive understanding of what has been...

Teacher Training in a Synchronous Cyber Face-to-Face Classroom: Characterizing and Supporting the Online Teachers' Learning Process

Yuping Wang; Nian-Shing Chen; Mike Levy

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 23, No. 4 (October 2010) pp. 277–293

This article discusses the learning process undertaken by language teachers in a cyber face-to-face teacher training program. Eight tertiary Chinese language teachers attended a 12-week training program conducted in an online synchronous learning...

The design and implementation of a holistic training model for language teacher education in a cyber face-to-face learning environment

Yuping Wang; Nian-Shing Chen; Mike Levy

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 777–788

This study reports a qualitative investigation that examines the design and implementation of a holistic teacher training model in a cyber face-to-face language learning context. To this end, this study first proposes an e-training model called the...

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Exploring the affordances of WeChat for facilitating teaching, social and cognitive presence in semi-synchronous language exchange

Yuping Wang; Wei-Chieh Fang; Julia Han; Nian-Shing Chen

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 32, No. 4 (Nov 07, 2016)

This research is an exploratory study that evaluates the affordances of WeChat for the development of a community of inquiry (CoI) in semi-synchronous language exchange supported by WeChat.WeChat is an instant messenger that facilitates a multimodal ...

An Evaluation of Mandarin Learning Apps Designed for English Speaking Pre-schoolers

Michelle Neumann; Yuping Wang; Grace Yue Qi; David Neumann

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 30, No. 2 (2019) pp. 167–193

Touch screen tablets such as iPads are becoming increasingly popular as educational tools to support children’s first language learning in pre-schools. Apps can also be used to support early learning of a second language in English-speaking...

Is FLIP enough? Or should we use the FLIPPED model instead?

Yunglung Chen; Yuping Wang; Kinshuk; Nian-Shing Chen

Computers & Education Vol. 79, No. 1 (October 2014) pp. 16–27

The flipped learning model, which “flips” traditional in-class lectures with collaborative activities, has gained many followers and converts in K-12 education. However, a review of previous studies shows that the flipped model is still...

Language: English