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Videoconferencing with the French‐Speaking World: A User's Guide
Author(s) -
Katz Stacey L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2001.tb02820.x
Subject(s) - videoconferencing , active listening , curriculum , foreign language , psychology , set (abstract data type) , pedagogy , computer science , multimedia , mathematics education , communication , programming language
This article focuses on a videoconferencing project that was conducted between an American and a French university. It describes the way that the exchange was set up and run, the types of equipment and materials that were used, the students' activities and assignments, the methods used for evaluating students' work, and the relationship of the project to the goals of the course and the department's curriculum. In addition, practical suggestions for those considering the use of videoconferencing are included. The pedagogical benefits of integrating videoconferencing into the communicative foreign language classroom are outlined; videoconferencing provides students with opportunities to practice their speaking and listening skills with native speakers and to gain cultural insights that are possible only in an interactive setting.