Search results for author:"Chun Lai"
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Noticing and Text-Based Chat
Chun Lai; Yong Zhao
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 10, No. 3 (September 2006) pp. 102–120
This study examined the capacity of text-based online chat to promote learners' noticing of their problematic language productions and of the interactional feedback from their interlocutors. In this study, twelve ESL learners formed six mixed...
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Task-Based Language Teaching in Online Ab Initio Foreign Language Classrooms
Chun Lai; Yong Zhao; Jiawen Wang
Modern Language Journal Vol. 95 (December 2011)
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been attracting the attention of researchers for more than 2 decades. Research on various aspects of TBLT has been accumulating, including the evaluation studies on the implementation of TBLT in classrooms....
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What Makes the Difference? A Practical Analysis of Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Education
Yong Zhao; Jing Lei; Bo Yan; Chun Lai; Hueyshan Sophia Tan
Teachers College Record Vol. 107, No. 8 (August 2005) pp. 1836–1884
This article reports findings of a meta-analytical study of research on distance education. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that affect the effectiveness of distance education. The results show that although the aggregated data of...