Learners perceived face-to-face speaking tasks as more useful than asynchronous online tasks, citing lack of interaction and naturalness¶

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q1 i? Interviewed experimental-group participants unanimously judged face-to-face tasks more useful than online tasks, preferring synchronous interaction. → Ebadi 2018

Evidence¶

Ebadi 2018¶

Ebadi, S., & Asakereh, A. (2018). Using Voice Thread to Enhance Speaking Accuracy: A Case Study of Iranian EFL Learners. i-manager's Journal of English Language Teaching, 8(3). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1198886

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Semi-structured interviews with 4 experimental-group participants (2 male, 2 female) conducted in Persian, coded via grounded theory; participants said online tasks "were not natural" and lacked discussion and synchronous feedback.

"They, however, found some problems with online tasks and they all unanimously believed that face-to-face tasks were more or less useful than online tasks."

Discussion¶

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