ERIC Number: ED590657
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Publication Date: 2018-Dec-8
Pages: 6
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Foreign Language Anxiety and Self-Disclosure Analysis as Personality Traits for Online Synchronous Intercultural Exchange Practice
Fondo, Marta; Jacobetty, Pedro; Erdocia, Iker
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2018 Conference (26th, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018)
Videoconferences are a perfect scenario for autonomous Foreign Language (FL) and intercultural speaking practices. However, it is also a threatening context as learners communicate in an FL, often with a stranger and about personal information and experiences. That may lead to increase Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) among participants, affecting students' learning experiences and even provoking drop-outs (Bailey, Onwuegbuzie, & Daley, 2003). This study aims to explore the relationship between FLA and Self-Disclosure (SD) as personality traits. The first indicators of the potential relationship between FLA and SD in online speaking practice were found by Fondo and Erdocia (2018) in which anxious learners showed a tendency to self-disclose as a means to manage their discomfort using the FL. Data was gathered in the first stage of a nine-week-synchronous oral Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) project between undergraduate business students from the United States, Ireland, Mexico, and Spain. [For the complete volume of short papers, see ED590612.]
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Self Disclosure (Individuals), Intercultural Communication, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Learning Experience, Computer Mediated Communication, Correlation, Oral Language, Spanish, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Ireland; Mexico; Spain
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