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Teaching Languages From a Distance Through Multipoint Videoconferencing
Author(s) -
Acar Ahmet
Publication year - 2007
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.1944-9720.2007.tb03203.x
Subject(s) - videoconferencing , turkish , distance education , point (geometry) , computer science , plan (archaeology) , multimedia , mathematics education , psychology , linguistics , mathematics , geography , archaeology , philosophy , geometry
The most commonly used and discussed videoconferencing mode for teaching languages from a distance is two‐way simultaneous, or point‐to‐point, videoconferencing. Applications of multipoint videoconferencing to language classes, however, are not very common. This article aims to fill that gap by presenting the technical and pedagogical dimensions of a pilot project in teaching an introductory course in Turkish (102) via multipoint videoconferencing, which was conducted among students at Syracuse University, Cornell University, and Colgate University. This study shows how multipoint videoconferencing works for language classes and gives some pedagogical pointers to language instructors who plan to use such a system for the first time.