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Expanding the language classroom: linguistic gains and learning opportunities through e-tandems and social networks.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Expanding the language classroom: linguistic gains and learning opportunities through e-tandems and social networks./
Author:	Guillen, Gabriel.
Description:	148 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-10A(E).
Subject:	Foreign language education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3706597
ISBN:	9781321806212

Expanding the language classroom: linguistic gains and learning opportunities through e-tandems and social networks.
Guillen, Gabriel.

Expanding the language classroom: linguistic gains and learning opportunities through e-tandems and social networks. - 148 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2014.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Online language exchanges (e-tandems) remain peripheral to foreign language education (O'Dowd, 2010, 2013) and rely heavily on instructor guidance in spite of the proliferation of Language Learning Social Networking sites (LLSNs). Among other many outcomes, a satisfactory e-tandem experience promises a road to fluency development and might contribute to university internationalization.

ISBN: 9781321806212Subjects--Topical Terms:

3172512
Foreign language education.

Expanding the language classroom: linguistic gains and learning opportunities through e-tandems and social networks.
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520 $a This dissertation also measures and describes proficiency development through a 10 week hybrid course of intermediate Spanish with an e-tandem requirement, in contrast with a traditional group (main experiment). The study, based on the results of a proficiency test (Versant Test), found that both groups improved in the overall score. However, neither group showed a statistically significant fluency improvement but they did progress in terms of sentence mastery, which is also a predictor of fluency gains. Furthermore, the hybrid learners outperformed the traditional course participants in regards to vocabulary, also an indicator of fluency potential. A closer examination of the tandem recordings from a qualitative perspective showed that tandem participants increased language learning awareness and autonomy over time. In particular, learners who are more engaged and inquisitive from the first encounter seemed to progress at a faster rate.
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