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What is Computer Expertise

Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition
Refers to the mastering of the use of computers. In the context of CALL, this term is tightly connected to the abilities the students need to have in order to be able to work efficiently with a computer in the process of language learning. Among these abilities, taking the NETS project’s division, we can mention those related to the management of basic software, the use of computers in the personal and professional contexts, and the capability of using computers in instruction-related contexts.
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Understanding E-Skills in the FLT Context
Pascual Pérez-Paredes (Universidad de Murcia, Spain) and Maria Sánchez-Tornel (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-994-6.ch001
Abstract
The research we report is a pilot study carried to test English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ reception of an electronic foreign language teaching (FLT) task. In doing so, our aim was to collect information that can allow us to refine our own e-skills model, a model that adapts to the specific learning context of our students by focusing on the objectives, competence, and learning activities that our students engage in, in their everyday learning experience. In this way, our e-skills model is field-specific and context-survey-driven. The factor analysis results suggest that, although our four-factor solution explains much of the variance, the original dimensions of e-skills in our FLT context should be reformulated and further adjusted.
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