Harnessing the Power of Informal Learning: Using WeChat, the Semi-Synchronous Group Chat, to Enhance Spoken Fluency in Chinese Learners

Autor/in	Sadoux, Marion
Titel	Harnessing the Power of Informal Learning: Using WeChat, the Semi-Synchronous Group Chat, to Enhance Spoken Fluency in Chinese Learners
Quelle	(2017), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; French; Informal Education; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Synchronous Communication; Language Fluency; Oral Language; Asynchronous Communication; Cooperative Learning; Learning Strategies; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Attitudes; Questionnaires; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Französisch; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computerkonferenz; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Kooperatives Lernen; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen
Abstract	This research is an exploratory study that seeks to evaluate the potentials of the Chinese app WeChat to enhance the spoken fluency of learners of French in China, who report having limited and insufficient opportunities to practice speaking in their daily life. WeChat is an extremely popular instant messenger facilitating communication through a media rich environment that can be used synchronously, asynchronously or semi-synchronously with voice or text messages. WeChat is widely used in China and a growing number of informal highly autonomous language learners join or form WeChat groups to learn and practice speaking languages in personal networks of learning. The study sought to bring together French learners and expert users to give them increased opportunities to practise their spoken French on a daily basis for a period of three months to support the development of spoken fluency. [For the complete volume, see ED578177.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01