Creating an Avatar to Become a "Spect-Actor" of One's Learning of English for Specific Purposes

Autor/in	Privas-Bréauté, Virginie
Titel	Creating an Avatar to Become a "Spect-Actor" of One's Learning of English for Specific Purposes
Quelle	In: The EUROCALL Review, 24 (2016) 1, S.40-52 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1695-2618
Schlagwörter	English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Business English; Transfer of Training; Business Communication; Time Management; Interpersonal Relationship; Business Administration Education; Electronic Learning; Computer Simulation; Drama; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Computer Assisted Instruction; Undergraduate Students; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Business; English; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Unternehmenskommunikation; Zeitmanagement; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Schauspiel; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Frankreich
Abstract	In this article, we shall examine why the creation of avatars in virtual worlds facilitates the learning of business English. We are committed to determining the factors that enable students in a French business school to consolidate their skills in English (from linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic standpoints) and to develop more general competences (such as self-confidence, the management of space and time, interpersonal relationships) through the creation and use of avatars. Our article aims at showing that these skills are then transferable to real communication situations. Our research comes within the scope of a "communic-actional" approach of English learning. It relies on the notions of "distanciation," "fragmentation" and "spect-actor" of dramaturgs Bertolt Brecht and Augusto Boal, which give a scientific framework to our research. [Note: The attached content shows an incorrect citation. This article was published in v24 n1 Mar 2016.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). EUROCALL Headquarters, School of Modern Languages, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK. Tel: +34-67-943-1283; Web site: http://www.eurocall-languages.org/publications/review
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01