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50 Years of ERIC
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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Wigham, Ciara R.; Chanier, Thierry – ReCALL, 2013
Three-dimensional synthetic worlds introduce possibilities for nonverbal communication in computer-mediated language learning. This paper presents an original methodological framework for the study of multimodal communication in such worlds. It offers a classification of verbal and nonverbal communication acts in the synthetic world "Second Life"…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Verbal Communication
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Ciekanski, Maud; Chanier, Thierry – ReCALL, 2008
Over the last decade, most studies in Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) have highlighted how online synchronous learning environments implement a new literacy related to multimodal communication. The environment used in our experiment is based on a synchronous audio-graphic conferencing tool. This study concerns false beginners in an English…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Strategies, Writing Processes
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Vetter, Anna; Chanier, Thierry – ReCALL, 2006
During the last decade, most research studies have analysed online synchronous interactions in written mode (textchat), highlighting the benefits of chatting for the development of learners' oral proficiency. The environment used in our experiment is multimodal and based on a synchronous audio conference. Analyzing interactions in such an…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Computer Mediated Communication, Oral Language, Language Proficiency