eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German
Although eTandems, offering the opportunity of real life contact to speakers of one's target language, are suggested as an anxiety-reducing, confidence-increasing approach to language learning, these effects have not been investigated empirically. The aim of this article is to explore the exper...
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
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| description | Although eTandems, offering the opportunity of real life contact to speakers of one's target language, are suggested as an anxiety-reducing, confidence-increasing approach to language learning, these effects have not been investigated empirically. The aim of this article is to explore the experiences and perceptions of 11 Colombian learners of German as a foreign language who participated in a German-Spanish eTandem project. Data were collected by means of interviews and focus groups, and evaluated using qualitative content analysis. Results support the anxiety-reducing and confidence-raising nature of eTandem Language Learning. These effects, however, are not in every case transferable into the language classroom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a01309b6c364c5ea740760df86671352022-12-21T22:23:49ZengUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasColombian Applied Linguistics Journal0123-46412248-70852017-02-01191223610.14483/calj.v19n1.102198573eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of GermanYasmin El-Hariri0University of ViennaAlthough eTandems, offering the opportunity of real life contact to speakers of one's target language, are suggested as an anxiety-reducing, confidence-increasing approach to language learning, these effects have not been investigated empirically. The aim of this article is to explore the experiences and perceptions of 11 Colombian learners of German as a foreign language who participated in a German-Spanish eTandem project. Data were collected by means of interviews and focus groups, and evaluated using qualitative content analysis. Results support the anxiety-reducing and confidence-raising nature of eTandem Language Learning. These effects, however, are not in every case transferable into the language classroom.http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/calj/article/view/10219anxiety, eTandem Language Learning, online collaboration, German as a foreign language |
| spellingShingle | Yasmin El-Hariri eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal anxiety, eTandem Language Learning, online collaboration, German as a foreign language |
| title | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German |
| title_full | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German |
| title_fullStr | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German |
| title_full_unstemmed | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German |
| title_short | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German |
| title_sort | etandem language learning and foreign language anxiety among colombian learners of german |
| topic | anxiety, eTandem Language Learning, online collaboration, German as a foreign language |
| url | http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/calj/article/view/10219 |
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