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On Effective Utilization of Computer-Mediated Communication Technology in Network-Based Foreign Language Teaching

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Liping Jiang Academic Editor:

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Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Volume 2022

https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1048311

Published: 01 January 2022 Publication History

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The integration of computer-mediated communication and language teaching has been a common practice in the higher institutes internationally. The effective application of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in network-based foreign language teaching depends on the optimal balance between the use of teaching methods, teaching sources, and teaching means in a specific learning environment. Based on the current literature research on CMC, this paper mainly introduces the CMC in foreign language learning from its time characteristics, compares the language generation under synchronous and asynchronous CMC, and discusses and analyzes the setting of teaching tasks and the application of CMC in teaching practice, as well as the possible technical availability problems.

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