Fostering Foreign Language Learning Through a Telecollaborative Social Media-Based Tandem Language Learning Approach

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作者
Alberth [1 ]
Wang, Yun [2 ]
Wang, William Yu Chjung [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Halu Oleo, Dept English Language Educ, Kendari, Indonesia
[2] Natl Pingtung Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Fash Design & Management, Pingtun, Taiwan
[3] Univ Waikato, Waikato Management Sch, Hamilton, New Zealand
关键词
Tandem language learning; Social media; Facebook; WEB; 2.0; NETWORKING; FACEBOOK; ENGLISH;
D O I
10.1007/978-3-030-20798-4_31
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
Traditional tandem language learning (involving two students learning each other's mother tongue) is not a new concept. In fact, it has long been practiced in foreign language classrooms. However, a tandem approach involving learners of different countries using social media is something that has not been fully understood. Theoretically speaking, language acquisition occurs when rich comprehensible input is provided to language learners. Unfortunately, not all language learning contexts can provide this vital input, primarily owing to an inadequate language proficiency level of both teachers and students. In fact, this situation is not uncommon in the English as a Foreign Language (hereafter EFL) context. As a result, foreign language learning is hampered or impeded and little learning can occur, if at all. This paper argues that employing a telecollaborative social media-based tandem language learning approach could help to provide the missing input. With this approach, language learners of different linguistic backgrounds (i.e. native English speakers learning Indonesian and native Indonesian speakers learning English) work collaboratively using social media and assist one another in their learning - following the principle of mutual benefit and reciprocity. Teachers of both groups work together to design learning activities for the students with the aim being to provide ample opportunity for language learners to interact with native speakers of the target language and receive comprehensible input accordingly. Thus, a tandem approach by means of social media, such as Facebook, could help provide input critical to foreign language learning at times when input from the language learning environment is so inadequate. More importantly, a tandem language learning approach is compatible with and attuned to contemporary language learning theories such as Language Acquisition Theory and Constructivism. Finally, a tandem approach also promotes a fruitful collaboration among a wide array of educational institutions worldwide which, in turn, foster an international collaboration and networking.
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页码:362 / 368
页数:7
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