ICT in Japanese university language education: a case study

This paper reports part of a study conducted at a university in Japan. The belief that ICT provides students with more opportunities to negotiate target forms has been used to justify its use in language education. This study could not substantiate that ICT will change the way language is used in Japan or that CALL is providing new ways for learning and acquiring a new language. Students were experiencing difficulties in prioritising their learning repertoire between the acquisition of computer skills and language proficiency. Individuals experienced positive and negative coding and de-coding filters when communicating in ICT and this was related to the validity and reliability applied to the text. The value attached to the ICT interaction may influence the degree to which the ICT event influences face-to-face communicative acts.