Communication and Gamification in the Web-Based Foreign Language Educational System: Web- Based Foreign Language Educational System

Autor/inn/en	Osipov, Ilya V.; Volinsky, Alex A.; Nikulchev, Evgeny; Prasikova, Anna Y.
Titel	Communication and Gamification in the Web-Based Foreign Language Educational System: Web- Based Foreign Language Educational System
Quelle	In: International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 11 (2016) 4, S.22-34 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-1093
DOI	10.4018/IJWLTT.2016100102
Schlagwörter	Second Language Instruction; Educational Games; Web Based Instruction; Online Courses; Second Language Learning; Communicative Competence (Languages); Conversational Language Courses; Courseware; Speech Communication; Peer Teaching; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fremdsprachenunterricht; Educational game; Lernspiel; Web Based Training; Online course; Online-Kurs; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Lernsoftware; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The paper describes development of the educational online web communication platform for teaching and learning foreign languages. The main objective was to develop a web application for teaching foreigners to understand casual fluent speech. The system is based on the time bank principle, allowing users to teach others their native language along with taking foreign language lessons. The system is based on the WebRTC technology, allowing users to access synchronized teaching materials along with seeing and hearing each other. The paper describes studies associated with user involvement in the learning/teaching process. The hypothesis whether two previously unfamiliar individuals could communicate with each other using a foreign language, based on the developed system algorithms, was tested. System virality, where new users are attracted by the existing users was also studied, along with user motivation for viral behavior. Relationships between monetization, virality and user involvement were also considered. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01