Methods of using virtual communication features in teaching English

The main contribution of this research is that it investigates an area of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), specifically (Foreign language acquisition) FLA and OLL (Online language learning) in virtual classroom systems, that has not previously been extensively studied where the findings report that these systems are effective not only for language learning but virtual classroom systems can be used to replace traditional classroom teaching and learning for other subjects. In addition, this thesis has addressed FLA in knowledge building tasks. Previous studies of knowledge building addressed content learning and how students learn and teach each other in these student-centric environments. Since English is used as a lingua franca in knowledge building tasks, this thesis has addressed FLA as part of the knowledge building process, which was not a focus of former studies on this topic.