This paper sets the stage for the articles selected for the special issue "Language learning and social media: (r)evolution?". Starting with some definitions of mainstream terms like "social media", "web 2.0", "social web", "social networking sites (SNS)" and "web 2.0 language learning communities". The purpose is not to "reinvent the wheel" by suggesting new definitions, but to synthesize definitions of mainstream terms and juxtapose them to similar concepts from CALL literature. We then critically discuss three key features of web 2.0 technologies (user participation, openness and network effects). Despite the fact that these three features were present to some extent in technologies prior to social media, we examine whether they take on ...
This article presents the results of a research project using blogs written by trainee language teac...
Most of youth nowadays have a problem of failing to perceive learning English as important as learni...
peer-reviewedResearchers have established that cultural openness is essential in language teaching. ...
This paper sets the stage for the articles selected for the special issue "Language learning and soc...
As the World turns into a “Global Village”, learning a foreign language has become an important need...
Ce texte dresse l'arrière-plan contextuel et notionnel des articles retenus pour le numéro spécial "...
This article discusses the new phenomena of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) for language learning and...
Abstract With advancements in communication technology, humans can now bridge the constraints of tim...
The Internet has the potential to provide language learners with vast resources of authentic written...
International audienceThis article presents the results of a research project using blogs written by...
Since their emergence in 2005, Web 2.0 technologies have been advanced as potentially transformative...
Social media has livened the digital world with its numerous modern features in communication, media...
Research and publications about social media in relation to the learning and teaching of foreign lan...
In this paper, we examine the use of Facebook (FB) as a social networking tool in an intermediate Fr...
It is now an established fact that the use of technology facilitates teaching and learning in Englis...
This article presents the results of a research project using blogs written by trainee language teac...
Most of youth nowadays have a problem of failing to perceive learning English as important as learni...
peer-reviewedResearchers have established that cultural openness is essential in language teaching. ...
This paper sets the stage for the articles selected for the special issue "Language learning and soc...
As the World turns into a “Global Village”, learning a foreign language has become an important need...
Ce texte dresse l'arrière-plan contextuel et notionnel des articles retenus pour le numéro spécial "...
This article discusses the new phenomena of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) for language learning and...
Abstract With advancements in communication technology, humans can now bridge the constraints of tim...
The Internet has the potential to provide language learners with vast resources of authentic written...
International audienceThis article presents the results of a research project using blogs written by...
Since their emergence in 2005, Web 2.0 technologies have been advanced as potentially transformative...
Social media has livened the digital world with its numerous modern features in communication, media...
Research and publications about social media in relation to the learning and teaching of foreign lan...
In this paper, we examine the use of Facebook (FB) as a social networking tool in an intermediate Fr...
It is now an established fact that the use of technology facilitates teaching and learning in Englis...
This article presents the results of a research project using blogs written by trainee language teac...
Most of youth nowadays have a problem of failing to perceive learning English as important as learni...
peer-reviewedResearchers have established that cultural openness is essential in language teaching. ...