Editing Computer-mediated communication (section)

== Language learning ==
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CMC is widely discussed in language learning because CMC provides opportunities for language learners to practice their language.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abrams |first1=Zsuzsana I. |chapter=From theory to practice: Intracultural CMC in the L2 classroom |editor1-last=Ducate |editor1-first=Lara |editor2-last=Arnold |editor2-first=Nike |title=Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching |date=2006 |publisher=Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium |isbn=978-0-9891208-1-4 }}</ref> For example, Warschauer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warschauer |first1=Mark |title=Electronic Literacies: Language, Culture, and Power in Online Education |date=1998 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-67348-2 }}{{page needed|date=April 2021}}</ref> conducted several case studies on using email or discussion boards in different language classes. Warschauer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warschauer |first1=Mark |title=Laptops and Literacy: Learning in the Wireless Classroom |date=2006 |publisher=Teachers College Press |isbn=978-0-8077-4726-1 }}{{page needed|date=April 2021}}</ref> claimed that information and communications technology “bridge the historic divide between speech...and writing”. Thus, considerable concern has arisen over the reading and writing research in [[Second language|L2]] due to the booming of the Internet. In the learning process, students, especially kids, need cognitive learning, but they also need social interaction, which enhances their psychological needs. Although technology has its powerful effect in assisting the English language learners to learn, it can not be a comprehensive way that covers different aspects of the learning process.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deborah |first1=Healey |title=Learner Autonomy with Technology: What do language learners need to be successful? |url=https://www.academia.edu/7999961|via=academia.edu |publisher=English Language Institute, Oregon State University}}</ref>