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System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics

December 2004 Volume 32, Number 4

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Number of articles: 6

  1. What Makes Students Click: Working Memory and Look-Up Behavior

    Dorothy M. Chun & J Scott Payne

    Previous research on second language acquisition with multimedia has suggested that individual differences, including working memory capacity, play an important role in L2 vocabulary acquisition... More

    pp. 481-503

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  2. Promoting Academic Literacy with Technology: Successful Laptop Programs in K-12 Schools

    Mark Warschauer, David Grant, Gabriel Del Real & Michele Rousseau

    One of the main challenges that US schools face in educating English language learners is developing their academic literacy. This paper presents case studies of two K-12 schools that successfully ... More

    pp. 525-537

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  3. Computer-Based Training for Learning English Vowel Contrasts

    Xinchun Wang & Murray J. Munro

    Computer-based training can be effective in improving second language learners' perceptions and productions of segmental speech contrasts. However, because most previous studies have addressed... More

    pp. 539-552

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  4. Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication Captured by Usability Lab Technologies: New Interpretations

    Bryan Smith & Greta J. Gorsuch

    Research on interaction has provided important insights on how second languages may be acquired through interaction, and on how second language learners use their second language in various... More

    pp. 553-575

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  5. Learner Corpus Analysis and the Development of Foreign Language Proficiency

    Julie A. Belz

    This paper makes a methodological contribution to the emerging field of learner corpus analysis [Granger, S., 1998. Learner English on Computer. Longman, London, 1998; Granger, S., 2002. Computer... More

    pp. 577-591

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  6. Technology and Second Language Learning: Expanding Methods and Agendas

    Carol A. Chapelle

    This paper makes connections between the research reported in this issue the broader area of second language studies focusing on learner language, interaction, individual differences, linguistic... More

    pp. 593-601

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