dc.contributor.author	Cobb, Kimberly	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Southwest Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1999-2001	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-25T14:55:14Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-30T15:58:40Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:29:22Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-25T14:55:14Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2009-09-30T15:58:40Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:29:22Z
dc.date.issued	2001-12	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/148	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper discusses an action research project that examines the effects and outcomes of using computer assisted language learning (CALL) to facilitate second language acquisition with ESOL students. Nine students who were enrolled in an ESOL 10th grade English class participated in this study. These students worked for approximately three days a week interacting with an ESOL component of an interactive CALL program. Module scores, dialog/conversation analyses, and teachers' reports showed that the ESOL students made progress in their acquisition of the English language after approximately five weeks of CALL instruction. In order to investigate whether their progress in acquisition of the language was evident in other modes of language production, students engaged in small and large group discussions, during which their conversational dialog was analyzed. They also wrote various types of compositions in which they applied language skills. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of their products revealed a marked improvement in the students' manipulation of the English language. The results concluded that computer assisted language learning can enhance students' motivation and confidence in using the English language and can improve language acquisition in ESOL students.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Valdosta State University	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law.	en_US
dc.subject	CALL	en_US
dc.subject	Second language	en_US
dc.subject	ESOL students	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Educational technology	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Computer-assisted instruction	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Teaching--Aids and devices	en_US
dc.title	Facilitating Language Acquisition Using Computer Assisted Language Learning	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Curriculum and Instructional Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Schmertzing, Lorraine C.	en_US
dc.description.committee	Zahner, Jane	en_US
dc.description.committee	Leader, Lars F.	en_US
dc.description.degree	Ed.S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Instructional Technology	en_US