Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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Este artículo presenta un proyecto de telecolaboración interdisciplinar entre una universidad noruega y otra española. Nuestro objetivo se centra en el desarrollo de competencias interculturales y la mejora de habilidades comunicativas. En el proyecto participan tanto estudiantes noruegos, futuro profesorado de español como lengua extranjera (ELE), como estudiantes españoles del grado en ciencias políticas, mediante prácticas extracurriculares en la universidad noruega en línea. La investigación se centra en el diseño de las tareas y el contenido de las prácticas, poniendo el énfasis en los diferentes roles tanto de los estudiantes como de las docentes/tutoras, el intercambio de...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: competencia intercultural

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En estas últimas décadas estamos asistiendo a una revolución tecnológica que ha cambiado nuestra forma de percibir y enfrentarnos al mundo que nos rodea. Todos los aspectos de nuestra vida cotidiana se han visto afectados por la aparición de Internet y el acceso masivo al ordenador personal, herramientas que han facilitado y agilizado las transacciones comerciales, las relaciones comunicativas, la investigación científica, etc.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua extranjera

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Now more than ever before, language learners can autonomously engage with the target culture beyond the classroom through international television shows, online forums, video clips, and study abroad. Still, much of the literature has deemed the target-language dominant speaker (TLDS) as a key source of cultural knowledge, and, thus, the principal aim here is to ascertain how paid TLDSs and student peers are perceived in terms of their cultural expertise and whether these perceptions affect learners’ confidence development over time. This research is guided by the functional model of second language confidence (FML2C), which integrates the contact space dimensions of richness and self-involvement , and novel to this study is cultural depth . In terms of procedure, 32 second language learners of Spanish carried out eight 30-minute...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This study investigates an eTandem virtual exchange program designed for Korean and English language learners to enhance their target language proficiency and intercultural understanding. The program was implemented through synchronous Zoom sessions between 31 Korean learners at a U.S. state university (U-A) and 32 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) at a Korean science and engineering university (U-K). Program effectiveness and participant satisfaction were assessed through student questionnaires and professor interviews. Findings indicate that 89.3% of U-A participants felt the program was beneficial for improving their Korean language skills, while 77.3% of U-K participants...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This quantitative study examines whether and to what extent affective factors (i.e. motivation, self-confidence, risk-taking, L2 speaking anxiety, and grit) and virtual intercultural experiences are linked to willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) in in-class, out-of-class, and digital settings. Participants included 176 Korean undergraduate and graduate students of English as a foreign language (EFL). After adjusting for demographic factors, hierarchical regression analyses revealed three major results: first, those with higher levels of L2 motivation and grit as well as a lower level of L2 speaking anxiety had higher L2 WTC inside the classroom. Second, students who majored in English and had higher levels of L2 self-confidence and risk-taking had higher L2 WTC outside the classroom. Third, individuals who were...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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While computer-mediated communication and online exchanges between students in second language (L2) pedagogy and research has long been established, recent technological advances have seen a growth in the number of projects undertaken and consequently studies published. This study utilized a mixed-methods approach to measure the effects on specific aspects of motivation for students learning English following a 10-week, multicultural virtual exchange project. Participants interacted both synchronously and asynchronously with other non-native English speakers from 10 different countries to make friends, share cultural interests, and practice English in a real-world, non-classroom setting. At the end of the project, participants were asked to complete a survey based on Dörnyei’s concept of the L2 motivational self system and Yashima’s...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: realidad virtual

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Many learners of English as a foreign language struggle to develop second language speaking fluency because of limited opportunities for authentic communication with linguistically diverse English users in English as a multilingua franca context. This study aims to address this problem by investigating the effects of communication strategy instruction, an approach believed to facilitate communication in English as a multilingua franca contexts. This study compared two approaches of communication strategy instruction, explicit and implicit, combined with low-immersion virtual reality. Over 11 weeks, 159 Vietnamese undergraduates were randomly assigned to one of three instructional conditions: Explicit + virtual reality, Explicit + non-virtual reality, and virtual reality Implicit. Data sources were video recordings of pre-, post-, and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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This article investigates how engaging students to discuss topics that reflect their ideologies in lingua franca (LF) virtual exchanges can help facilitate global citizenship development. A six-week virtual exchange is explored with students from universities in Mexico, Poland, Spain, and the USA. This study utilizes five key elements of CALL-related tasks and three categories of telecollaborative tasks in order to promote students’ global citizenship, defined as awareness, caring, and embracing cultural diversity while promoting social justice and sustainability, coupled with a sense of responsibility to act. During the exchange, 55 participants, registered for foreign language courses (English or Spanish) or for a content area course (such as business and pedagogy) taught in English, met weekly in groups via Zoom video conferencing...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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This study examined learners’ perceptions of telecollaboration, specifically an email exchange between learners in the US and Germany, and of peer and teacher corrective feedback (CF) during the exchange. Participants were 38 learners from a second-semester German course at a US university. Their virtual exchange partners were learners of English at a German high school. Learners were assigned to a telecollaboration + peer feedback (PeerF) condition ( N = 15), a telecollaboration + teacher feedback (TeacherF) condition ( N = 10), or a telecollaboration-only (Control) condition ( N = 13). Each week, they sent one email in German and one email in English to their partners. While the PeerF Group received CF on their emails from their partners, the TeacherF Group received feedback from their instructor, and the Control Group did not...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This quasi-experimental study reports on the outcomes of a video-synchronous learning program in which an element of project-based foreign language learning was integrated. The project chosen was to cooperatively create a homepage. American students learning Japanese in the United States and Japanese students learning English in Japan made pairs and communicated in both their native and target languages via Skype to complete the project. The goals of this educational program were to increase intrinsic motivation in learners and improve their target language oral abilities, and identify challenges and problems with implementation. The program was conducted during the spring semester in 2017 and evaluated both quantitatively (via pre- and posttests) and qualitatively (via surveys and reflection papers). The results show that both groups...

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