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Using social networking sites as a language teaching and learning environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2022

Jessie S. Barrot*
Affiliation:
College of Education, Arts and Sciences, National University, Manila, Philippines

Extract

The growing adoption of emerging technologies for language pedagogy, literacy development, and language assessment has accelerated computer-assisted language learning (CALL) as a major field of education and led to the establishment of major specialized journals, such as Language Learning and Technology, Computer Assisted Language Learning, and ReCALL. As technologies further advanced, we began to see individuals and schools increasingly adopt CALL technologies and use their interactive features to facilitate language learning. Consequently, CALL research began to gain momentum and expand its research foci during the mid-1990s (Levy, 2000; Uzunboylu & Ozcinar, 2009). This expansion gave birth to some independent and stand-alone subfields, such as computer-assisted language testing (CALT) (Parmaxi et al., 2013).

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Research Timeline
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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