Integrating Online Discussion Forums into the Foreign Language Curriculum: A Case Study of Advanced Learners of French
Description:
This exploratory case study aims to develop a set of best practices for integrating online discussion forums into the foreign language curriculum, focusing specifically on a group of learners in an advanced French grammar course at a large, public U.S. university. During a period of two months, 26 participants completed a series of tasks designed to provide three different types of data: 1) exploration and analysis of interactional, linguistic, and social features of Web forum discourse; 2) par…
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Date:
May 2011
Creator:
Mbuye, Kanku Lisette
Partner:
UNT Libraries