Qualitative Research in CALL

Stickler, Ursula; Hampel, Regine

doi:10.1558/cj.v32i3.27737

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“…Triangulation engendered by a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods results in more detailed insight into the examined phenomenon (Stickler and Hampel, 2015). As a result, in addition to survey data that yielded quantitative results, the interviews were used for the collection of qualitative data.…”

Section: Research Instruments and Data Collectionmentioning

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The Role of Smartphones for Online Language Use in the Context of Polish and Croatian Students of Different Disciplines

Sierocka

Jurkovič

Varga

2019

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Easy and cheap access to the Internet and a wide array of new technologies, such as smartphones, have multiplied opportunities for online informal learning of English (OILE). Yet, despite sizeable research, few studies have examined the issue of OILE in the context of university students of different disciplines. The aim of this research study was to examine the role of online language use through smartphones among students of various disciplines and its possible effects on enhancement of their foreign language skills. The study assumed both qualitative and quantitative methodology encompassing three research instruments: an online survey, the self-assessment language competence grid of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL; Council of Europe, 2001) and a semi-structured interview. Data were collected with 377 students from two universities: University of Białystok, Poland and University of Osijek, Croatia. The research outcomes indicate that both Croatian and Polish students of different disciplines use their smartphones chiefly for receptive activities with infrequent use for language learning purposes and the predominant use of the mother tongue or English for the listed online activities through smartphones do not significantly affect the self-assessed level of their communicative competence in English. However, it can be stated that the choice of the preponderant language for online use through smartphones, especially for study-related issues, is conditioned by the students' discipline of study. Keywords: English for Specific Purposes (ESP), communicative competence, mobile language learning, online informal learning of English (OILE), discipline of study.

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The Role of Smartphones for Online Language Use in the Context of Polish and Croatian Students of Different Disciplines

Sierocka

Jurkovič

Varga

2019

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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“…Keeping these things in mind, I carried out a qualitative study. It aims to understand the subjective world of human experience (Stickler & Hampel, 2015), see real-world situations as they are (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2009), and hear silenced voices about particular issues (Creswell, 2007), so it could help me to understand language learning and teaching environments as perceived by my participants who were involved in the study (Ary, Jacobs, & Sorensen, 2010). Further, the qualitative study attempts to capture a particular experience and can result in a richer description and a deeper understanding of the experience (Stickler & Hamper).…”

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High School teachers' Experiences in classroom Ecology of Language Teaching: A Study from the Phenomenological Perspective

Sharma¹

2020

JEET

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The present study aims to look into ecological classroom practices adopted by teachers while teaching English language courses at colleges in Kathmandu, Nepal. The study specifically explains how three high school English teachers in the class felt about ecology of language teaching, how they experienced teaching, and how they provided meaning to it. Three high school English teachers’ experiences were recalled through an in-depth phenomenological interview. The results revealed that the need of classroom ecology was not emphasized. The teachers' experiences in the form of narratives, collected, transcribed, coded, thematic analyses and presented in the notion of emerging themes that English language teaching helped to explore the effective classroom ecological practices in detail. The study is expected to contribute in making EFL teaching successful in linguistic landscapes of Nepal.

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“…Instead we need research designs that provide introspective or emic data to be better able to grasp what is happening in the task process. Stickler and Hampel (2015) have called for more qualitative research in CALL contexts because it is connected to what learners are doing. This kind of research approach stresses the importance of trying to understand the learners' actions:…”

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A task is a task is a task is a task… or is it? Researching telecollaborative teacher competence development – the need for more qualitative research

Müller–Hartmann¹

2016

New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice: Selected Papers From the Second Conference on Telecollaboration in H

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T he concept of task has become central not only to an understanding of language learning per se, but also to the design and research of Online Intercultural Exchanges (OIEs). While research on the design of tasks in OIEs has been very productive, we still lack insights into how teachers develop competences in task design on the microlevel. Consequently, this contribution looks at how OIEs allow pre-service teachers to develop such competences when designing telecollaborative task sequences for their future learners. Findings show that the most promising research approach to tackle this question at the interface between telecollaboration, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), and teacher education is a stronger reliance on qualitative research because it helps understand what pre-service teachers do when developing such competences.

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Qualitative Research in CALL

Abstract: This introduction to the Special Issue of the

Cited by 25 publications

References 19 publications

The Role of Smartphones for Online Language Use in the Context of Polish and Croatian Students of Different Disciplines

The Role of Smartphones for Online Language Use in the Context of Polish and Croatian Students of Different Disciplines

High School teachers' Experiences in classroom Ecology of Language Teaching: A Study from the Phenomenological Perspective

A task is a task is a task is a task… or is it? Researching telecollaborative teacher competence development – the need for more qualitative research

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