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Computer Assisted Language Learning For Spanish Oral Proficiency, May Ritta Bluestein
Computer Assisted Language Learning For Spanish Oral Proficiency, May Ritta Bluestein
Wayne State University Dissertations
ABSTRACT
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING FOR SPANISH ORAL PROFICIENCY
by
MAY RITTA BLUESTEIN
December 2017
Advisor: Dr. Jazlin Ebenezer
Major: Curriculum and Instruction
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
This three-article five-chapter dissertation is focused on improving high school students’ Spanish oral proficiency through computer assisted language learning (CALL) voice-recordings, and examining the effect of the intervention on foreign language anxiety and integrative motivation. The main goals of the study as a whole were to (1) investigate students’ CALL voice-recordings to determine students’ Spanish oral proficiency development, (2) identify significant differences between the experimental and control group in terms of Spanish oral …
The Role Of Collaboration And Performance-Based Assessment In Engaging Leaners To Promote Real World Proficiency In Foreign Languages For An Increasingly Multilingual World, Sabrina Ficano
Wayne State University Dissertations
Despite the need in our global society to know more than one language to communicate, learning a second language is not a highly-valued skill. Moreover, while the understanding of language acquisition has continued to evolve over the past 30 years, our teaching and assessment practices have remained relatively stagnant and many foreign language classrooms continue to employ more “traditional approaches” to teaching and assessment. If U.S. foreign language educators, however, make a commitment to effective instruction and assessment practices, we can promote students’ proficient, life-long second language skills. Therefore, this study explores the ways in which collaborative learning and performance …