Acquisition of Language and Intercultural Competences in Tourism and Hospitality Studies through Active Experimentation in Second Life

Autor/inn/en	García, Mercedes Rico; da Silva, Paula Ferreira
Titel	Acquisition of Language and Intercultural Competences in Tourism and Hospitality Studies through Active Experimentation in Second Life
Quelle	In: Teaching English with Technology, 18 (2018) 2, S.69-92 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1642-1027
Schlagwörter	Hospitality Occupations; Tourism; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; English for Special Purposes; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Intercultural Communication; Mixed Methods Research; Computer Simulation; Computer Games; Teaching Methods; Simulated Environment; Interaction; Hypothesis Testing; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gastgewerbegehilfe; Tourismus; Ausland; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Künstliche Umwelt; Interaktion; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Spanien
Abstract	Living in a global world involves not only mastering languages, but also dealing with different habits and values. It becomes critical with students trained to deal with a multicultural public, such as the group of learners from tourism covered by our research. Our proposal aims to analyze whether the virtual world of Second Life (SL) facilitates the development of English for Specific Purposes and the acquisition of intercultural communication. To cover the objective qualitative and quantitative research were conducted along a four-phased in/out SL instruction. Questioning about the differences between the mean score obtained by experimental and control groups shows no significant differences in the acquisition of language regarding face to face and Second Life interaction, but demonstrates a positive tendency in the case of intercultural competences. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group / University of Nicosia / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Ul. J. Sowinskiego 17, 20-041 Lublin, Poland. Web site: http://tewtjournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01