TY - JFULL AU - Nobue T. Ellis PY - 2013/8/ TI - A Learner-Centred or Artefact-Centred Classroom? Impact of Technology, Artefacts, and Environment on Task Processes in an English as a Foreign Language Classroom T2 - International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences SP - 2140 EP - 2145 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16539 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 79, 2013 N2 - This preliminary study attempts to see if a learning environment influences instructor’s teaching strategies and learners’ in-class activities in a foreign language class at a university in Japan. The class under study was conducted in a computer room, while the majority of classes of the same course were offered in traditional classrooms without computers. The study also sees if the unplanned blended learning environment, enhanced, or worked against, in achieving course goals, by paying close attention to in-class artefacts, such as computers. In the macro-level analysis, the course syllabus and weekly itinerary of the course were looked at; and in the microlevel analysis, nonhuman actors in their environments were named and analyzed to see how they influenced the learners’ task processes. The result indicated that students were heavily influenced by the presence of computers, which lead them to disregard some aspects of intended learning objectives. ER -