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Publication Date: 2020
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EFL Learners' Perceptions about Language Learning and Culture When Using Telecollaboration
Ramírez-Lizcano, Natalia; Cabrera-Tovar, María Alejandra
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v22 n2 p95-113 Jul-Dec 2020
This phenomenological study explores students' perceptions about the relationship between foreign language learning and culture when using telecollaboration. Three main concerns underlie this work: the lack of studies that explore how students perceive the relationship between foreign language learning and culture in the local context, the need to explore the incidence of culture in language learning, and the role of telecollaboration in cultural exchange. Data were collected through questionnaires, focus groups, video recordings, field notes, and students' artifacts. The findings show students' understanding of the nature of language situated within functional and humanistic perspectives. Furthermore, participants alluded to the importance of language learning as a means to understand the scope of culture and cultural identity.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes, Cultural Awareness, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Telecommunications, Intercultural Communication, Self Expression, Ideology, Learning Motivation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia; France; Sweden
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