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Facilitating Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in a Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Learning Environment

Masputeriah Hamzah, (2004) Facilitating Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in a Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Learning Environment. Internet Journal of e-Language Learning & Teaching, 1 (1). pp. 15-30. ISSN 1985-6024

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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development

Abstract

To meet the challenges of fast-paced globalization and a more demanding high-tech environment of the future, it is imperative that students of the university are equipped with relevant skills and competencies especially in on-line literacy and communication skills. This article reports on a study, which explored the application of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in an English for Civil
Engineering (ECE) learning environment in University of Technology Malaysia. The aim of the study was to examine how the use of CMC can help to create a conducive environment that will be facilitative of second language learning and acquisition. Studies on the use of CMC have reported that this medium can promote meaningful interaction that can foster interlanguage development
through meaning negotiation and focus-on-form. For the purpose of the study, the interactional opportunities present in the CMC environment were examined for evidence of conditions deemed facilitative of second language acquisition (SLA) based on the tenets prescribed by the Interactionist Theory of language acquisition. The task employed for the study was based on one of the requirements of the ECE program, specifically for the students to engage in a discussion forum on current and relevant social, economic and environmental issues related to the civil engineering field and profession.

Item Type:Journal
Additional Information:Continued: Malaysian Online Journal of e-Learning (MOJeL)
Keywords:second language, aquisition, comoputer assisted instructions, learning, communication skill, students, English language, Study and teaching
Subjects:P Language and Literature
L Education
ID Code:10072

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