Hearing Students' Voices: Communication, Interaction and Learning via University Students' Forums in Saudi Arabia [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Association of Business Communication (ABC) Convention (8th, Oslo, Norway, Jun 8-10, 2006).

Autor/in	Al-Jarf, Reima
Titel	Hearing Students' Voices: Communication, Interaction and Learning via University Students' Forums in Saudi Arabia [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Association of Business Communication (ABC) Convention (8th, Oslo, Norway, Jun 8-10, 2006).
Quelle	(2006), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; College Faculty; Social Problems; Academic Achievement; Dialogs (Language); Instructional Materials; Group Discussion; Information Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Translation; Foreign Countries; Majors (Students); Cultural Influences; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Fakultät; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Schulleistung; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Gruppendiskussion; Informationstechnologie; Computerkonferenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	In 2004, a Saudi student at the College of Engineering, King Saud University (KSU) designed and launched an informal students' forum that aimed at communicating students' voices to university professors and administrators. Students could register for free, post academic and career problems and suggestions, and participate in the discussion. Soon other student discussion forums appeared at other Saudi universities. The aims of such forums were to help university students discuss their academic, technological and social issues, to give university professors and administrators a chance to know what their points of view are, to exchange ideas and information, to create strong social bonds, to engage students in inter-personal dialog, to collect an archive of learning materials, and to enhance feelings of intimacy and a sense of belonging to the university. The KSU students' forum has several sub-forums for each college, a general, academic, literary, women's, language learning, entertainment, information technology, mobile phones, university news, humor, suggestions, and complaints subforums. Such university forums have become very popular among Saudi male and female students. For example, the King Saud University students' forums have 8,193 registered members, 16,048 threads and a total of 201,916 posts in three years. The present study examined the Languages and Translation students' forum and reports the kinds of topics, issues and problems posted, the advantages and disadvantages of those forums as perceived by a sample of participants, and the linguistic and cultural characteristics of the forums. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01