Bridging the language and cultural gaps: the use of blogs
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This article aims to demonstrate how the use of an online journal, a bilingual blog, can contribute to filling in the language and cultural gaps of foreign language learners. This case study focuses on the participation, interaction, motivation, language acquisition, feedback and cultural input improved by students of Spanish as a Foreign Language at the University of Queensland in Australia and students of English as a Foreign Language at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain. It demonstrates how this learner-directed instructional context allows intercultural and language exchanges, firstly between participants, as a peer revision exercise and secondly, as collaborative work and a discussion platform in the blog GranCanBrisbaneEspañolEnglish.
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- Authors
- García-Sánchez, S., & Rojas-Lizana, S.
- Affiliations
- a Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain
- b University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia
- Venue
- Technology, Pedagogy and Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-09-28
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 361-381
- ISSN
- 0962-029X (ISSN-L)
- 1475-939X
- 1747-5139
- OpenAlex
- W1984296149
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 14.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Technology Pedagogy and Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › English Language Learning and Teaching
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
- Keywords
- electronic journals, intercultural communication, language acquisition, student motivation, peer feedback, Spanish as a foreign language, English as a foreign language, cooperative learning
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