Bringing Japan and Taiwan Closer Electronically: A Look at an Intercultural Online Synchronic Chat Task and Its Effect on Motivation

Autor/inn/en	Freiermuth, Mark R.; Huang, Hsin-chou
Titel	Bringing Japan and Taiwan Closer Electronically: A Look at an Intercultural Online Synchronic Chat Task and Its Effect on Motivation
Quelle	In: Language Teaching Research, 16 (2012) 1, S.61-88 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-1688
DOI	10.1177/1362168811423341
Schlagwörter	Learning Motivation; Interaction; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Computer Mediated Communication; Task Analysis; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Student Motivation; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Language Usage; College Students; Japan; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Interaktion; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Computerkonferenz; Aufgabenanalyse; Qualitative Forschung; Fragebogen; Schulische Motivation; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachgebrauch; Collegestudent
Abstract	This study examines the motivation of 20 Japanese students of English as a foreign language (EFL) who chatted electronically with 19 Taiwanese EFL students using online synchronous chat software. In particular, we were interested in four factors that affect task-based motivation: the willingness to communicate, task attractiveness, task innovativeness, and the need to communicate in the target language. Qualitative analysis of a posttest questionnaire and the texts that students produced during their online task reveal that students were generally motivated throughout the task with respect to all four of the factors. It is suggested that well-designed online chat tasks, whereby students need to arrive at a consensus via interaction, can be very motivating to students. For teachers, electronic synchronous chat represents one more valuable tool for language teachers to facilitate interaction in the target language. (Contains 5 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10