Online Dialog among EFL College Faculty: A Comparison of Two Saudi and Korean Newsgroups [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Online Reading Matrix Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research (3rd, Mar 2-4, 2007).

Autor/in	Al-Jarf, Reima
Titel	Online Dialog among EFL College Faculty: A Comparison of Two Saudi and Korean Newsgroups [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Online Reading Matrix Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research (3rd, Mar 2-4, 2007).
Quelle	(2007), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Dialogs (Language); Computer Software; Computer Mediated Communication; Translation; Group Discussion; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Communities of Practice; Teacher Education Programs; Language Teachers; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Peer Relationship; South Korea; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Computerkonferenz; Gruppendiskussion; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Community; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Ausland; Peer-Beziehungen; Korea; Republik; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	I created a newsgroup with Yahoo Groups and invited all male and female colleagues at the College of Languages and Translation to register. The aims of the newsgroup were to share college news, discuss academic issues and student and faculty problems, learn about each other's publications and academic activities. Although messages were sent to the college's 160 faculty members, only 28 (17.5%) registered. They posted a total of 73 messages, with 50% posted by the dean and 34% posted by the author. Messages posted were mainly about conference calls and university memos. 71% of the members did not participate at all. By contrast, I am a member of a Korean Teachers' Education and Development Newsgroup. The Korean Newsgroup has 133 members. They posted a total of 685 messages. They discuss all kinds of academic issues related to the teaching and learning of English in Korea such as: Students' response on projects, a list of MATESL-like programs, creating collaborative teacher communities, action research to collate and write a class activities book, writing for TEC, advice for teaching freshmen English classes, putting faces to names and names to faces, good teacher characteristics, expressing feelings, mandatory English, ESL/EFL teacher standards, professional development summer options, call for National Executive Council candidates, in addition to conference and course announcements, job vacancies, surveys, digests and others. The study reports the causes of inadequate participation among the Saudi Newsgroup members based on findings of a survey. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01