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Beyond the Screen: Situating Technology-Mediated Language Learning
Robert Debski
On-Call Vol. 11, No. 2 (1997) pp. 27–33
Notes that the emphasis on learning through experience and a reliance on approaches involving communities of learners engaged in project work have been present in second-language learning theory and practice for a long time and have been rejuvenated ...
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A Qualitative Survey of Tertiary Instructor Attitudes towards Project-based CALL
Robert Debski; Paul Gruba
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 12, No. 3 (1999) pp. 219–39
Reports on the use of qualitative methods to investigate instructor attitudes towards project-based computing in second-language study. Analysis of transcripts of semistructured interviews resulted in a six-part framework that aims to characterize...
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Internet Use of Polish by Polish Melburnians: Implications for Maintenance and Teaching
Michael Fitzgerald; Robert Debski
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 2006) pp. 87–109
The Internet has become an important communication medium and it is having a significant impact on language use. The present study takes a "snapshot" of how the Polish language is currently used with modern communications technologies by Polish...
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The Use of Irish in Networked Communications: A Study of Schoolchildren in Different Language Settings
Aisling Fleming; Robert Debski
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development Vol. 28, No. 2 (2007) pp. 85–101
The present paper explores the extent of Irish language use in networked communications, and attitudes towards the language by 125 schoolchildren from three backgrounds in Ireland: (1) an Irish-speaking area (Gaeltacht) and Irish medium of...
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Skryba: An Online Orthography Teaching Tool for Learners from Bilingual Backgrounds
Nick Nicholas; Robert Debski; Robert Lagerberg
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2004) pp. 441–458
There is significant difficulty in learning to spell in a second language with complex orthography, particularly where the students are raised bilingually and have had only limited exposure to the written form of the target language. Such students...
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Oral Interaction around Computers in the Project-Oriented CALL Classroom
Gumock Jeon-Ellis; Robert Debski; Gillian Wigglesworth
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 9, No. 3 (September 2005) pp. 121–145
Language teachers need to provide students with a context for genuine communication (Sullivan, 2000). Project-oriented computer-assisted language learning (PrOCALL) attempts to achieve this by orienting learners towards tasks, which encourages them...