Busuu: How Do Users Rate This App for Language Learning?

Autor/in	Saona-Vallejos, Miguel Ángel
Titel	Busuu: How Do Users Rate This App for Language Learning?
Quelle	(2018), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Computer Oriented Programs; Second Language Learning; Social Media; Computer Assisted Instruction; Second Language Instruction; Informal Education; Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Attitudes; Pretests Posttests; Feedback (Response); United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerprogramm; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziale Medien; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Ausland; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Busuu (https://www.busuu.com) is one of several existing Social Networking Sites for Language Learning (SNSLLs). According to Álvarez (2016), it has all the features an SNSLL should have. However, once Busuu migrated to a mobile compatible platform in 2016, it lost some of the social aspects of a Social Networking Site (SNS) determined by Boyd and Ellison (2008) and Duffy (2011). As the most used language learning platform worldwide (Busuu, n.d), the user experience of its learners is of interest to the field of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). A pilot study to see how users rate it was conducted at an English university for four weeks. This chapter shows the results of that research. [For the complete volume, "Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University: Integrating Informal Learning into Formal Language Education," see ED585162.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01