Group work in a technology-rich environment

This paper addresses several components of successful language-learning methodologies-group work, task-based instruction, and wireless computer technologies-and examines howthe interplay of these three was perceived by students in a second-year university foreign-language course. The technology component of our learning design plays a central role in this article. The main part is dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of student data collected in two different groups during two subsequent semesters. After a general discussion of the learning design of the course and task-based language learning, we analyze the interaction between two sets of factors: 1) the students' use of information and communication technologies and their perception thereof, and 2) students' perception of and participation in task-based instruction and group work.