Using Videoconferencing Software in Learner-centered Communication Instruction : Does Raising Consciousness Promote Learning?

• YAMADA Masanori

  Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• AKAHORI Kanji

  Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Abstract

In this study, we investigate the effects of raising the consciousness of learning objectives in learner-centered videoconferencing. The aim of this study is to determine the issues in using videoconferencing system for oral communication improvement in learning a foreign language (Experiment 1) and to evaluate whether consciousness of learning objectives leads to action based on that consciousness (Experiment 2). We implemented a system to raise learners' consciousness of learning objectives in second language acquisition (SLA) by displaying the target expression during videoconferencing, to encourage learners to utter the expression. The effect of this system was evaluated compared with a video conference system without expression display from the viewpoints of consciousness and action. The results showed a significant difference between the system with expression display and the system without expression display in both consciousness and action. However, the result also revealed that attention to system design and instructional design will be needed for more frequent action in videoconferencing.

Journal

• Educational technology research

  Educational technology research 29 (1-2), 1-11, 2006

  Japan Society for Educational Technology

Keywords

• CALL
• CMC
• Multimedia
• Communication skills
• Consciousness raising

Details

• CRID: 1390001205219066368
• NII Article ID: 110006793688
• NII Book ID: AA00174437
• DOI: 10.15077/etr.kj00004963296
• ISSN: 21897751
• ISSN: 03877434
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed