Information Technology and Teaching Culture: Application in Classroom

Nguyen, Thu Thi Hong; Nguyen, Tri Khoa

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8260-4_32

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“…Media such as satellite, digital TV, video, cinema, computer and cellular communications, Internet, graphics, music, radio, etc., transform the media environment, have a significant impact on traditional types of culture, on the functioning of libraries, film studios, museums, theaters, etc. Media culture affects the values of society, the worldview of different social and cultural groups while is being a phenomenon of the era of globalization [14,21,29].…”

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Formation of Media Competence of Future Teachers by Means of ICT and Mobile Technologies

Galustyan

Vyunova

Комарова

et al. 2019

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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The paper is devoted to the problem of formation of media competence of future teachers by means of ICT and mobile technologies. It discusses the concepts of media competence, media education and media culture. Motivational, cognitive, technological, reflective components within the structure of media competence are revealed in the article. The results of experimental work of formation of media competence of future teachers by means of ICT and mobile learning technologies are presented. The authors conclude that study of modern methodological and technological methods of media education, history of their emergence and development, creative use within the educational process opens new perspectives for the application of the educational and developmental potential of media education at school and universities.

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Formation of Media Competence of Future Teachers by Means of ICT and Mobile Technologies

Galustyan

Vyunova

Комарова

et al. 2019

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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“…This concept entails the considerations of foreign cultures in multicultural communication. Intercultural communication competence is deemed to be the ability to communicate with other speakers from various cultural backgrounds successfully (Nguyen & Nguyen, 2019). It raises the issue that language learners are recommended to raise awareness of cultural differences to avoid misunderstandings in communication with foreigners.…”

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“…Contexts contribute to defining the significance of speakers and physical components in the conversation, which shapes the interactions between speakers. Moreover, culture is included in this view as a predominance to influence the expressions of people from different cultural backgrounds (Nguyen & Nguyen, 2019;Cao, 2018).…”

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Impact of Integrating Task-Based Learning and Functional Approach to Empower Learners’ Communicative Competence

Nguyen

Dao

2021

IJLTS

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Enhancing EFL learners’ communicative competence is a time-taking process to reach certain levels of interacting with different communication participants. However, in the tertiary education in Vietnam, traditional teaching approach with the task-based learning does not thoroughly focus on the language use but on the strategies to perform the tasks. Hence, the functional approach has been applied to boost learners’ awareness of their language delivery thanks to communicative functions and notions. The new mode of teaching concentrates on what communication participants desire to convey and why they make use of those speech acts. This paper aimed to explore the impact of the integration of task-based learning and the functional approach, and learners’ perspective towards the implementation of such approach combination. With the application of the mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches, the data were collected via a pre-test and a post-test, survey, and 32 interviews with the participation of 100 students whose major is Business Administration at a university. The findings reveal that adding the functional approach to the existing teaching method could enhance students’ overall speaking competence, especially their fluency and discourse management. Additionally, the application of the functional approach received positive feedback from the learners.

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“…This trend is highly increasing nowadays that technology seems essential in our lives, but not many studies have focused on the use of games and/or technology to teach cultural aspects of a language (e.g. Nguyen & Nguyen, 2019). Hence, the present paper aims to…”

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“I just want to graduate!”

Almagro

2021

BELT

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Motivating L2 students is challenging. Most learners are not interested in the language and must be reassured that learning a new language is beneficial and worth the effort (Krashen, 2015). L2 students are more likely to be successful when highly motivated (Schütz, 1998), which can be achieved with fun and engaging material. Games are one of the most motivating techniques when introduced properly (McCallum, 1980). They create a relaxed challenging atmosphere of healthy competition that increases students’ desire of self improvement and makes them forget the anxiety that is usually associated with language lessons (Schumann 1994; Constantinescu, 2012; Gozcu & Caganaga, 2016). The link between motivation and acquisition is positive especially when motivation is intrinsic (Tremblay & Gardner, 1995). However, getting students’ interest is more difficult when their motivation is instrumental. This is the case of Gardner-Webb University students, who are required to take a language course in order to graduate. Motivating these students is harder when the target is culture. Culture has been traditionally taught with old-fashioned teacher-centered activities, but new technologies enable the development of effective and stimulating material (Dema & Moeller, 2012). The present paper focuses on a series of technology-based games addressing culture. The activities were used to increase the motivation of American university students learning Spanish as a L2 at Gardner-Webb University (North Carolina). The experience was designed by a team of Fulbright fellows to be implemented in their Spanish labs as part of the celebration of two Cultural Weeks during the first semester.

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Information Technology and Teaching Culture: Application in Classroom

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Formation of Media Competence of Future Teachers by Means of ICT and Mobile Technologies

Formation of Media Competence of Future Teachers by Means of ICT and Mobile Technologies

Impact of Integrating Task-Based Learning and Functional Approach to Empower Learners’ Communicative Competence

“I just want to graduate!”

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