ERIC Number: EJ1051532
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English (Llamadas para conferencia en Skype™: una forma de promover la habilidad de habla en la enseñanza y aprendizaje del inglés)
Romaña Correa, Yeferson
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v17 n1 p143-156 Jan-Jun 2015
This article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. The research was carried out with a group of 12 English as a foreign language adult learners in the language institute of Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia. The findings of this study suggest that Skype™ conference calls might be considered as an influential computer-mediated communication tool in order to promote English as a foreign language adult A1 learners' speaking skill, especially for social interaction purposes and oral reinforcement of both language fluency and course contents outside of classroom settings.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teleconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Speech Skills, Adult Students, Qualitative Research, Action Research, Second Language Instruction, Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Fluency, Interpersonal Relationship, Reinforcement, Universities
Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Carrera 30 No. 45-03 Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia. Tel: +571-3165000 Ext.16780; Fax: +571-3165000 Ext.16780 or 16773; e-mail: rprofile_fchbog@unal.edu.co; Web site: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia (Bogota)
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