eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German
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| author | Yasmin El-Hariri |
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| contents | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German Yasmin El-Hariri Lengua y Literatura Anxiety telecollaboration eTandem Language Learning German as a foreign language Although eTandems, offering the opportunity of real life contact to speakers of one’s target language, are suggestedas an anxiety-reducing, confidence-increasing approach to language learning (Appel & Gilabert, 2002), these effectshave not been investigated empirically. The aim of this article is to explore the experiences and perceptions of 11Colombian learners of German as a foreign language who participated in a German-Spanish eTandem project. Datawere collected by means of interviews and focus groups, and evaluated using qualitative content analysis. Resultssupport the anxiety-reducing and confidence-raising nature of eTandem Language Learning. eTandems show to havegreat potential to reduce the fear of using German in real life situations. These perceptions, however, are not in everycase transferable into the language classroom. 2017 artículo científico 0123-4641 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=305749845003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3057 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal application/pdf Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.19 |
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| spellingShingle | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German Yasmin El-Hariri Lengua y Literatura Anxiety telecollaboration eTandem Language Learning German as a foreign language eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German Yasmin El-Hariri Lengua y Literatura Anxiety telecollaboration eTandem Language Learning German as a foreign language Although eTandems, offering the opportunity of real life contact to speakers of one’s target language, are suggestedas an anxiety-reducing, confidence-increasing approach to language learning (Appel & Gilabert, 2002), these effectshave not been investigated empirically. The aim of this article is to explore the experiences and perceptions of 11Colombian learners of German as a foreign language who participated in a German-Spanish eTandem project. Datawere collected by means of interviews and focus groups, and evaluated using qualitative content analysis. Resultssupport the anxiety-reducing and confidence-raising nature of eTandem Language Learning. eTandems show to havegreat potential to reduce the fear of using German in real life situations. These perceptions, however, are not in everycase transferable into the language classroom. 2017 artículo científico 0123-4641 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=305749845003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3057 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal application/pdf Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.19 |
| title | eTandem Language Learning and Foreign Language Anxiety among Colombian learners of German |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura Anxiety telecollaboration eTandem Language Learning German as a foreign language |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=305749845003 |