The Role of Videoconferencing in Language Learning – A Sociopragmatic Approach
The Role of Videoconferencing in Language Learning – A Sociopragmatic Approach

Author(s): Andrea Koblížková, Zuzana Bezdíčková
Subject(s): Media studies, Language acquisition, Higher Education , Methodology and research technology, Social Informatics, Philology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Videoconferencing; language learning; sociopragmatic approach; English language; methodology; language teaching;
Summary/Abstract: The authors take a sociopragmatic approach to their use of videoconferencing. The feedback from their programme reveals not only the linguistic challenges of using English as a Lingua Franca but also the socio-cultural challenges inherent in exchanges between students from different countries and cultural backgrounds as well as at different stages of linguistic and emotional development. The programme contributes to raising students’ awareness of related issues and practical workarounds. It also shows how videoconferencing can open an international window while maximising the reassurance of a familiar setting in order to minimise the shock of the new.

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