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Mutually Beneficial Foreign Language Learning: Creating Meaningful Interactions through Video-Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication

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Title: Mutually Beneficial Foreign Language Learning: Creating Meaningful Interactions through Video-Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication
Language: English
Authors: Kato, Fumie, Spring, Ryan, Mori, Chikako
Source: Foreign Language Annals. Sum 2016 49(2):355-366.
Availability: Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2016
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Second Language Learning, Videoconferencing, Interaction, Native Speakers, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Japanese, English (Second Language), Pretests Posttests, Listening Skills, Speech Skills, Student Exchange Programs, Student Improvement, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Japan, United States
DOI: 10.1111/flan.12195
ISSN: 0015-718X
Abstract: Providing learners of a foreign language with meaningful opportunities for interactions, specifically with native speakers, is especially challenging for instructors. One way to overcome this obstacle is through video-synchronous computer-mediated communication tools such as Skype software. This study reports quantitative and qualitative data from a Skype partner program that emphasized meaningful communication between American students learning Japanese in the United States and Japanese students learning English in Japan. Analysis of pre- and posttests showed significant improvement in the listening and speaking abilities of the Japanese participants and in the speaking abilities of the American participants.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2016
Accession Number: EJ1104723
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Providing learners of a foreign language with meaningful opportunities for interactions, specifically with native speakers, is especially challenging for instructors. One way to overcome this obstacle is through video-synchronous computer-mediated communication tools such as Skype software. This study reports quantitative and qualitative data from a Skype partner program that emphasized meaningful communication between American students learning Japanese in the United States and Japanese students learning English in Japan. Analysis of pre- and posttests showed significant improvement in the listening and speaking abilities of the Japanese participants and in the speaking abilities of the American participants.
ISSN:0015-718X
DOI:10.1111/flan.12195