I Help, Therefore, I Learn: Service Learning on Web 2.0 in an EFL Speaking Class

Autor/inn/en	Sun, Yu-Chih; Yang, Fang-Ying
Titel	I Help, Therefore, I Learn: Service Learning on Web 2.0 in an EFL Speaking Class
Quelle	In: Computer Assisted Language Learning, 28 (2015) 3, S.202-219 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-8221
DOI	10.1080/09588221.2013.818555
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Web 2.0 Technologies; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Oral Language; Learning Processes; Learning Strategies; Video Technology; Pronunciation; Foreign Students; Peer Relationship; Teaching Methods; Self Efficacy; Computer Assisted Instruction; Case Studies; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Likert Scales; Student Attitudes; Reflection; Essays; Interviews; Outcomes of Education; Learning Theories; Qualitative Research; Dialogs (Language); Privacy; Computer Mediated Communication; Learning Experience; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Learning process; Lernprozess; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Aussprache; Peer-Beziehungen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Likert-Skala; Schülerverhalten; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Qualitative Forschung; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Privatsphäre; Computerkonferenz; Lernerfahrung
Abstract	The present study integrates service learning into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speaking class using Web 2.0 tools--YouTube and Facebook--as platforms. Fourteen undergraduate students participated in the study. The purpose of the service-learning project was to link service learning with oral communication training in an EFL speaking class by having each student create two YouTube videos in which they made informative presentations about the university (e.g., transportation system) and the city (e.g., sightseeing spots) in English to international students on campus. A Facebook community was established as a forum for students to share their videos with the international students and peers. The results suggest that the project enhanced EFL students' public speaking-related skills (e.g., idea and content development, and pronunciation), built their confidence in speaking English, and allowed them to develop their own learning process and strategies. Moreover, Web 2.0 tools endow service learning with new possibilities of reaching a greater number of the target audience and provide the members of the community with alternative means of communication. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01