Language Learning in Cyberspace: Teleporting the Classroom into the Target Culture

From January to May 1998 the authors tested the possibility of language instruction in a MOO. The experiment consisted of two groups: a group of adult evening school participants in Germany learning English as a second language and a group of American college students in their fourth semester of col...

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Published in:CALICO journal 1999-01, Vol.16 (4), p.531-557
Main Authors: Donaldson, Randall P., Kötter, Markus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Education
Adults
Calico
College Students
Colleges
Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer Mediated Communication
Computer Software
Cooperation
Cultural Awareness
Culture
Cyberspace
English (Second Language)
Evening
Foreign Countries
German
Germany
Higher Education
Intercultural Communication
Internet
Language
Language Acquisition
Language arts learning
Language Skills
Learning
Native languages
Native Speakers
Nonnative languages
Partnerships
Program Descriptions
Questionnaires
Real time
Second Language Learning
Students
Tasks
Teachers
Words
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Summary:From January to May 1998 the authors tested the possibility of language instruction in a MOO. The experiment consisted of two groups: a group of adult evening school participants in Germany learning English as a second language and a group of American college students in their fourth semester of college German. The two groups met together once weekly for two hours each in real time in a MOO. Partnerships were formed consisting of one member from the German group and one member from the American group. The partners then cooperated in accomplishing certain tasks in their respective L2s. The present article relates the results of this project.
ISSN:0742-7778
2056-9017