Intensive online foreign language learning at the advanced level: Insights from a summer online Spanish course
Enkin, E. (2017). Intensive online foreign language learning at the advanced level: Insights from a summer online Spanish course. Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies, 11 (1), 67-86. Retrieved from http://apples.jyu.fi/article/abstract/478
Published in
Apples : Journal of Applied Language StudiesAuthors
Date
2017Copyright
© The Author(s)
Hybrid and online foreign language courses are becoming increasingly more important for students. However, several gaps in the literature point to needing studies investigating courses taught online, at the advanced level, and during intensive summer timeframes, since these classes can be advantageous for learners. This paper discusses an advanced-level online Spanish grammar course that was taught during the summer, and examines: (1) learning gains from a beginning-ofcourse test to end-of-course test (i.e., a pretest-posttest covering course content), and (2) students’ perceptions of the course gleaned from an end-of-course survey, which collected both quantitative and qualitative data. The pretest-posttest results showed a significant improvement in learners’ scores, and the survey results indicated mixed opinions. Specifically, positive course attributes included the course’s self-paced nature and practical benefits, however the course’s fast-paced nature may have led to several drawbacks. These findings offer insight into these types of courses, and may prove helpful for instructors who want to plan similar classes.
...
Publisher
Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of JyväskyläISSN Search the Publication Forum
1457-9863Keywords
Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
License
Related items
Showing items with similar title or keywords.
-
Pupils Doing Language Policy: Micro-interactional insights from the English as a foreign language classroom
Amir, Alia; Musk, Nigel (Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2014)In this paper, we examine instances of the methods pupils deploy to do language policy in an English as a foreign language classroom in Sweden, where there is a locally practised English-only rule. Although we exemplify ... -
"Välillä mua on melkein itkettäny mennä luennolle" : advanced language learners' experiences with foreign language anxiety
Tikkanen, Riikka (2014)Tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää vieraiden kielten yliopisto-opiskelijoiden kokemuksia kielijännityksestä. Tavoitteena oli tarkastella missä tilanteissa opiskelijat kokevat kielijännitystä, mistä se heiden mielestään ... -
Viewing CLIL through the eyes of former pupils : Insights into foreign language and intercultural attitudes
Roiha, Anssi; Sommier, Mélodine (Taylor & Francis, 2018)This article examines the long-term effects of CLIL on former pupils’ foreign language and intercultural attitudes. The 24 participants, who received English-medium CLIL for nine years in the 1990s, were interviewed and ... -
Eighth-graders' attitudes towards studying English : A study of the effect of language choices and the differences between the genders
Kaski, Maijastiina (2009)Asenteilla ja suhtautumisella on suuria vaikutuksia kielenoppimiseen, niin motivaation kuin yleisen innostuksenkin kannalta. Kieliasenteita on tutkittu paljon etenkin motivaation piirissä ja asenteiden vertailua on tehty ... -
Use of music in EFL learning : students’ perspective
Manninen, Reetta (2021)Tässä tutkielmassa tarkasteltiin opiskelijoiden näkemyksiä musiikin käytöstä englannin opiskelussa. Musiikin ja kielen yhteyksiä on tutkittu laajasti, ja on todettu, että musiikki on monipuolinen työkalu kielten opiskelussa. ...