Date of Award
Fall 12-1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Applied Linguistics
Committee Director
Janet Bing
Committee Member
Charles Ruhl
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.L56R44
DOI
10.25777/qh6w-0x93
Recommended Citation
Reed-Perez, Kirstin J..
"Computer Networks and the Teaching of English as a Second Language: How Networks Affect Second Language Acquisition"
(1994). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/qh6w-0x93
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/166
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Applied Linguistics Commons, Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Digital Communications and Networking Commons, Educational Technology Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons
Comments
This thesis examines how computer networks affect second language acquisition. Two different types of networked technology available, asynchronized and synchronized networks, are currently being used in the fields of ESL/EFL, foreign language teaching, English composition, and literary studies. Chapter one reviews these two technologies and their use in the classroom. Chapter two describes how the Internet makes available resources not possible in traditional classroom settings. Chapter three considers potential problems that may arise in the networked classroom, such as student and teacher apprehension of technology. Chapter four discusses how student learning styles are affected by synchronized and asynchronized networks, particularly with error correction. Chapter five explores specific advantages of networking. Computers bring a context into the classroom that language teaching methodologies, such as Suggestopedia, Total Physical Response, and Community Language Learning try to create. Finally, chapter six investigates how the relationships between teachers and students become more egalitarian in networked classrooms.