ERIC Number: EJ1148663
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
Pages: 8
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A Study of Chinese Engineering Students' Communication Strategies in a Mobile-Assisted Professional Development Course
Cheng, Li
The EUROCALL Review, v24 n2 p24-31 Sep 2016
The development of students' professional skills is an important issue in higher education in China. This research reports a 3-month study investigating engineering students' communication strategies (CSs) while they were interacting to do a 12-week mobile-assisted learning project, i.e., "Organizing and Attending a Model International Conference". This learning project was a major teaching module of the English course of Professional Applications, which used a blended teaching mode integrating face-to-face instruction and mobile learning. Sixty-seven students volunteered to participate in the study. The instruments included eight oral communication sessions, a questionnaire, stimulated recall interviews, the participants' WeChat exchanges, etc. Results showed that the participants used a variety of CSs when completing the academic learning project. Moreover, these CSs were closely related to the students' involvement in social interaction. Future research should focus on a longitudinal investigation of the amount of scaffolding that helps students transfer their communication strategies across tasks.
Descriptors: Engineering Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Communication Strategies, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Second Language Instruction, Blended Learning, Recall (Psychology), Questionnaires, Longitudinal Studies, Interviews, Transfer of Training, Conventional Instruction, Oral Language, Student Attitudes, College Students, Interpersonal Communication, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; United Kingdom
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