Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English
This article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. The research was carried out with a group of 12 English as a foreign language adult learners in the language institute of Universidad Distrital Francisco José d...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2015-01-01
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| description | This article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. The research was carried out with a group of 12 English as a foreign language adult learners in the language institute of Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia. The findings of this study suggest that Skype™ conference calls might be considered as an influential computer-mediated communication tool in order to promote English as a foreign language adult A1 learners’ speaking skill, especially for social interaction purposes and oral reinforcement of both language fluency and course contents outside of classroom settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-239a43b0ff8a4eeeaf8092ba155956392023-09-03T10:29:07ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902015-01-01171143156http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n1.41856Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of EnglishYeferson Romaña Correa0Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, ColombiaThis article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. The research was carried out with a group of 12 English as a foreign language adult learners in the language institute of Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia. The findings of this study suggest that Skype™ conference calls might be considered as an influential computer-mediated communication tool in order to promote English as a foreign language adult A1 learners’ speaking skill, especially for social interaction purposes and oral reinforcement of both language fluency and course contents outside of classroom settings.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/41856/49765Computer-mediated communication toolsSkype™ conference callsspeaking skill |
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| title | Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English |
| title_full | Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English |
| title_fullStr | Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English |
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| title_short | Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English |
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