An exploration into factors that affect student perception of their online foreign language learning experience

Chun Lai

An exploration into factors that affect student perception of their online foreign@language@learning experience (2006) pp. 1–131

Distance foreign language learning has been growing at a fast speed with the ever-increasing demand on the foreign language education and the paucity of foreign language teachers. A course design framework is much needed to promote and safeguard the ...

A Framework for Developing Self-Directed Technology Use for Language Learning

Chun Lai

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 100–122

Critical to maximizing the potential of technology for learning is enhancing language learners' self-directed use of technology for learning purposes. This study aimed to enhance our understanding of the determinants of self-directed technology ...

Modeling teachers' influence on learners' self-directed use of technology for language learning outside the classroom

Chun Lai

Computers & Education Vol. 82, No. 1 (2015) pp. 74–83

Teachers are important social agents who shape the quantity and quality of students' self-directed use of technology for learning outside the classroom. This study aimed to model the influence of teacher behaviors on learners' self-directed...

Language: English

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...

Self-Directed Use of Mobile Devices for Language Learning beyond the Classroom

Chun Lai; Dongping Zheng

ReCALL Vol. 30, No. 3 (2018) pp. 299–318

The essence of mobile learning is learners' agentic use of mobile devices to create learning experiences across time and space. Thus, understanding learners' perceptions and preferred use of mobile devices for learning are critical to realizing the...

Technology and Task-Based Language Teaching: A Critical Review

Chun Lai; Guofang Li

CALICO Journal Vol. 28, No. 2 (January 2011) pp. 498–521

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been drawing researchers' and practitioners' attention since its onset in the 1980s. The rich and still expanding literature on TBLT is helping to mature both its theoretical conceptualization and practical...

Strategy Training in a Task-Based Language Classroom

Chun Lai; Xiaolin Lin

Language Learning Journal Vol. 43, No. 1 (2015) pp. 20–40

Recent literature that examines the implementation of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in classroom settings has reported various challenges related to educational cultures, classroom management, teacher cognition and learner perceptions. To...

Self-Regulated Out-of-Class Language Learning with Technology

Chun Lai; Mingyue Gu

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 24, No. 4 (2011) pp. 317–335

Current computer-assisted language learning (CALL) research has identified various potentials of technology for language learning. To realize and maximize these potentials, engaging students in self-initiated use of technology for language learning...

The Contingency of Recasts and Noticing

Chun Lai; Fei Fei; Robin Roots

CALICO Journal Vol. 26, No. 1 (September 2008) pp. 70–90

Recasts are an important type of implicit negative feedback that has attracted much attention in both L1 research and SLA research. The utility of recasts in face-to-face interaction has been empirically established, and the contingency of recasts...

Understanding the Nature of Learners' Out-of-Class Language Learning Experience with Technology

Chun Lai; Xiao Hu; Boning Lyu

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 31, No. 1 (2018) pp. 114–143

Out-of-class learning with technology comprises an essential context of second language development. Understanding the nature of out-of-class language learning with technology is the initial step towards safeguarding its quality. This study examined ...

What factors predict undergraduate students' use of technology for learning? A case from Hong Kong

Chun Lai; Qiu Wang; Jing Lei

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 569–579

A sound understanding of technology use from the learners' perspective is crucial. This study intends to contribute to our understanding on student technology use by focusing on identifying the factors that influence students' adoption of technology ...

Language: English

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....

Teacher agency and professional learning in cross-cultural teaching contexts: Accounts of Chinese teachers from international schools in Hong Kong

Chun Lai; Zhen Li; Yang Gong

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 54, No. 1 (February 2016) pp. 12–21

This study examined how teacher agency shaped professional learning in cross-cultural teaching contexts. Interviews with 14 Chinese language teachers showed that teacher agency varied in different dimensions of professional learning. Social...

Language: English

Enhancing Learners' Self-Directed Use of Technology for Language Learning: The Effectiveness of an Online Training Platform

Chun Lai; Mark Shum; Yan Tian

Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 29, No. 1 (2016) pp. 40–60

Enhancing self-directed use of technology for language learning is essential for maximizing the potential of technology for language learning. Understanding how to construct learner training to promote this critical competency is of great...

The relationship between ICT and student literacy in mathematics, reading, and science across 44 countries: A multilevel analysis

Xiang Hu; Yang Gong; Chun Lai; Frederick K.S. Leung

Computers & Education Vol. 125, No. 1 (October 2018) pp. 1–13

This study conceptualized ICT as multi-level (country-, school-, and student-level) constructs and examined their relationships with student mathematics, reading, and scientific literacy. Three-level hierarchical linear models (HLM) were employed to ...

Language: English

How stress influences creativity in game-based situations: Analysis of stress hormones, negative emotions, and working memory

Yu-chu Yeh; Guey-Jen Lai; Chun Fu Lin; Chung-Wei Lin; Hua-Chun Sun

Computers & Education Vol. 81, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 143–153

This study aims to integrate neuroscientific techniques into a behavioral experimental design to investigate how stress stimuli may influence stress hormones and negative emotions, subsequently affecting working memory (WM) and creativity in game...

Language: English

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...

An Analytics-Based Approach to Managing Cognitive Load by Using Log Data of Learning Management Systems and Footprints of Social Media

Cheng-Huang Yen; I-Chuan Chen; Su-Chun Lai; Yea-Ru Chuang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 18, No. 4 pp. 141–158

Traces of learning behaviors generally provide insights into learners and the learning processes that they employ. In this article, a learning-analytics-based approach is proposed for managing cognitive load by adjusting the instructional strategies ...

A Long-Term Experiment to Investigate the Relationships between High School Students' Perceptions of Mobile Learning and Peer Interaction and Higher-Order Thinking Tendencies

Gwo-Jen Hwang; Chiu-Lin Lai; Jyh-Chong Liang; Hui-Chun Chu; Chin-Chung Tsai

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 1 (2018) pp. 75–93

In this study, a one-year program was conducted to investigate the relationships between students' perceptions of mobile learning and their tendencies of peer interaction and higher-order thinking in issue-based mobile learning activities. To...

Internet-Based Science Learning: A Review of Journal Publications

Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Chin-Chung Tsai; Ying-Tien Wu; Meng-Jung Tsai; Tzu-Chien Liu; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Chih-Hung Lai; Jyh-Chong Liang; Huang-Ching Wu; Chun-Yen Chang

International Journal of Science Education Vol. 33, No. 14 (2011) pp. 1893–1925

Internet-based science learning has been advocated by many science educators for more than a decade. This review examines relevant research on this topic. Sixty-five papers are included in the review. The review consists of the following two major...