Teaching languages from a distance through multipoint videoconferencing

Acar A.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS, cilt.40, sa.2, ss.311-319, 2007 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb03203.x
  • Dergi Adı: FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.311-319
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: distance learning, multipoint videoconferencing, room-based videoconferencing, technology for multipoint videoconferencing, FRENCH
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The most commonly used and discussed videoconferencing mode for teaching languages from a distance is two-way simultaneous, or point-to-point, videoconferencing. Applications of multipoint videoconferencing to language classes, however are not very common. This article aims to fill that gap by presenting the technical and pedagogical dimensions of a pilot project in teaching an introductory course in Turkish (102) via multipoint videoconferencing, which was conducted among students at Syracuse University, Cornell University, and Colgate University. This study shows how multipoint videoconferencing works for language classes and gives some pedagogical pointers to language instructors who plan to use such a system for the first time.