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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Belz, Julie A.; Vyatkina, Nina – Language Learning & Technology, 2008
Although corpora have been used in language teaching for some time, few empirical studies explore their impact on learning outcomes. We provide a microgenetic account of learners' responses to corpus-driven instructional units for German modal particles and pronominal "da"-compounds. The units are based on developmental corpus data produced by…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Teaching Methods, Native Speakers, German
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Belz, Julie A. – Language Learning & Technology, 2003
Presents a case study of the development of intercultural competence in a German-American e-mail partnership by examining the electronic interaction produced in this exchange within the framework of appraisal theory, a Hallidayan-inspired linguistic approach to the investigation of evaluative language. (VWL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
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Belz, Julie A. – Language Learning & Technology, 2002
Explores socio-institutional dimensions of German-American telecollaboration and ways they may shape foreign language learning and use. Intertwines socially and institutionally contingent features of language valuation, computer know-how, Internet access, and learning accreditation, and the micro features of situated classroom interaction.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication