TY - JOUR
T1 - Listeners' interactions with help options in CALL
AU - CARDENAS CLAROS, MONICA STELLA
AU - Gruba, Paul A.
PY - 2014/6/1
Y1 - 2014/6/1
N2 - Help options, or in-built application resources designed to provide assistance, have long been an integral component of computer-based second language (L2) listening materials. Despite their potential to promote comprehension and efficiency, research on the role of help options has lagged. Previous research has found that learners do not often make use of help options. With a focus on the interventions listeners may deem relevant for comprehension and task completion, the aim of this qualitative study is to examine the interactions of language learners as they use, or do not use, these potentially assistive resources. Data were gathered from 15 adult learners of English who worked with a set of Longman English Interactive
AB - Help options, or in-built application resources designed to provide assistance, have long been an integral component of computer-based second language (L2) listening materials. Despite their potential to promote comprehension and efficiency, research on the role of help options has lagged. Previous research has found that learners do not often make use of help options. With a focus on the interventions listeners may deem relevant for comprehension and task completion, the aim of this qualitative study is to examine the interactions of language learners as they use, or do not use, these potentially assistive resources. Data were gathered from 15 adult learners of English who worked with a set of Longman English Interactive
KW - computer-based L2 listening
KW - help options
KW - interactions
KW - listeners
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897899228&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09588221.2012.724425
DO - 10.1080/09588221.2012.724425
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897899228
VL - 27
SP - 228
EP - 245
JO - Computer Assisted Language Learning
JF - Computer Assisted Language Learning
SN - 0958-8221
IS - 3
ER -