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Interaction Games to Boost Students' Engagement in Foreign Language Virtual Exchanges: The Case of Virtual Worlds and Video-Communication
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Canto, Silvia; Jauregi-Ondarra, Kristi – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Game-based learning is gaining popularity in language education. For the present study, three games were developed with a central focus on intercultural interaction to be played internationally in dyads or small groups using Video-Communication (VC) tools or a Virtual World (VW). The interactions were carried out in Spanish as a Lingua Franca (LF)…
Descriptors: Interaction, Game Based Learning, Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning
Pedagogical Experiences in a Virtual Exchange Project Using High-Immersion Virtual Reality for Intercultural Language Learning
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Jauregi-Ondarra, Kristi; Gruber, Alice; Canto, Silvia – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Social Virtual Reality (VR) applications enable real-time interpersonal conversation and allow users to perform activities together. They have the potential of changing the ways learners practise speaking a foreign language. Following a previous study (Jauregi Ondarra, Gruber, & Canto, 2020), we designed the present study to explore how…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
When International Avatars Meet -- Intercultural Language Learning in Virtual Reality Exchange
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Jauregi Ondarra, Kristi; Gruber, Alice; Canto, Silvia – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Virtual exchange projects have become an effective pedagogical method to support students' development of intercultural language competence. High-immersion experiences in Virtual Reality (VR) may offer an environment which is conducive to developing such competence. This paper reports on a pilot study carried out with two groups of university…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Intercultural Communication, Computer Simulation, International Educational Exchange
Language Learning Effects through the Integration of Synchronous Online Communication: The Case of Video Communication and Second Life
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Canto, Silvia; Jauregi Ondarra, Kristi – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This article attempts to shed some light on the possible learning benefits for language acquisition and intercultural development of authentic social interaction with expert peers through computer mediated communication (CMC) tools. The environments used in this study are video communication and the 3D virtual world "Second Life." For…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Qualitative Research, Control Groups
Integrating Cross-Cultural Interaction through Video-Communication and Virtual Worlds in Foreign Language Teaching Programs: Is There an Added Value?
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Canto, Silvia; Jauregi, Kristi; van den Bergh, Huub – ReCALL, 2013
Organizing and implementing telecollaboration projects in foreign language curricula is not an easy endeavour (Belz & Thorne, 2006; Guth & Helm, 2010), as pedagogical, organizational and technical issues have to be addressed before cross-cultural interaction sessions can be carried out (O'Dowd & Ritter, 2006; O'Dowd, 2011). These issues make many…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Video Technology, Computer Mediated Communication
Integrating Cross-Cultural Interaction through Video-Communication and Virtual Worlds in Foreign Language Teaching Programs: Burden or Added Value?
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Jauregi, Kristi; de Graaff, Rick; Canto, Silvia – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
Organizing and implementing telecollaboration projects in foreign language curricula is not an easy endeavour (Belz & Thorne, 2006; Guth & Helm, 2010), as pedagogical, organizational and technical issues have to be addressed before cross-cultural interaction sessions can be carried out (O'Dowd & Ritter, 2006). These issues make many teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication, Foreign Countries, Video Technology
Impact of Native-Nonnative Speaker Interaction through Video Communication and Second Life on Students' Intercultural Communicative Competence
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Jauregi, Kristi; Canto, Silvia – Research-publishing.net, 2012
One of the key concerns of educators is to come to know what works in language teaching and under which conditions (Intercultural) Communicative Competence can be furthered. This concern is even bigger among professionals experimenting or willing to experiment with new media. Following socio-constructivist theories of learning (Vygotsky, 1978) and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Speakers, Computer Assisted Instruction