can you hear me now? est-ce que vous m’entendez? student perception of learning from virtual skype...
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Can you hear me now?Est-ce que vous m’entendez?
Student perception of learning from virtual Skype exchange
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video
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Project BackgroundEuroméditeranée Ecole de
Management, Marseille
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
•One hour/week Skype voice exchange
•30 min English - 30 min French
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Student Profiles
• International Management Bachelor
• Planning study in USA• Enrolled Civilization and
Culture - Business English class
• Volunteers• 2nd year
• Undergraduates Ross School of Business BBA
• Liberal Arts Bachelor• Half studied abroad• Some planning
international internship• Enrolled Business French• Mix 2nd 3rd 4th year
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Exposure Native Speakers
• MICHIGAN: classes in French, weekly conversation group, work/study abroad, tourism.
• EUROMED: International school with strong English language component. Daily contact with anglophones. Classes in English, work/study abroad, tourism.
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Project Goals
• Enhance target language skills
• Increase cultural awareness target culture
• Familiarity with business practices
• Increased familiarity American campus life, university system
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voice/video chat
list contactslist contacts
conference callconference call
text chattext chat
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Structured Activities
• CV and cover letter peer critiques
• Current event discussions (elections)
• Cross-cultural advertising
• Comparison education systems
• Daily life and customs
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Survey: What did we want to learn?
• Culture and language: What do the students think they learned?
• What are student attitudes?
• Feelings on collaborative learning?
• Impact of group dynamics?
• Motivation for contact outside class?
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Online Survey
• Students from 3 semesters
• Return rate 18 USA / x
• Majority open-ended questions
• Also: focus group and personal communication
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Attitudes: 5 adjectives
sympatique
innovant
ennuyeux
curieuse tolerant
contraignant
ludique
partage
marrant
amicale
dissipé
inutile
genial
fatigué
comprehensive
dubitative
reticente
motivation
apprentissage
convivialité
ouvert d’esprit
tardif
Positive Negative
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Attitudes: 5 adjectives
informative
interesting
frustrating
curious educational
awkward
entertaining
riveting
enjoyable
realistic
disappointed
positive
nervous
interactive
boring
cautious
engaged
exciting
fun
modern
confusing
mellowenticing
enriching
Positive Negative
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Attitudes: 5 adjectives
68 (83%) 14 (17%)
Positive 35 (54%)
Negative 29 (46%)
Postive themes: newness, interaction, satisfaction, content, enjoyment, relaxing environment
Negative themes: performance, dissatisfaction
Fre pos: newness, commitment, relationship, neg
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Postive themes: newness, interaction, satisfaction, content, enjoyment, relaxing environment
Negative themes: performance, dissatisfaction
Fre pos: newness, commitment, relationship, enjoymentNeg: organization,
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Committment
• envie de partager
• intéressé
• motivation
• ouvert d’esprit
• tolérante
• enthousiasmée
interested
open
riveting
engaged
“
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• English: neg-performance, pos-commitment, satisfaction, interaction
• Fre: neg-org, pos- relationshp, enjoyment commitment
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What did you learn?
• Business content; educational system, “tidbits”, very general “topic”
• Language expressions, language skill• Cultural value observation,
perspective • Don’t remember, rien• Communication skills (0) intcult comm
in (3elsewhere)• Découverte d’une personne
(elsewhere)
5 12
0 10
2 5
1 2
? 0
2 0
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What did you learn own language culture?
• Left blank (5)
• Insert quotes?
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Target language improve?
• Yes (12) Yes/No (1) No (2)• Actual French people• Comfortable speaking, conversation, improvisation• Constructive criticism encouraging partners (overt)• Listen, compare accent, identify gaps (noticing)
• Technical problems, frequent contact anglophones
Yes (2) Yes/No (2) No (4)
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Best aspects
• Speaking (conversation) native student• Making connections, friends• Intercultural communication (2)• What international employers want (1)
• Vie de campus, système univérsitaire• Casser des stéréotypes• Apprentissage de la langue• Echange de culture• Interactivité
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Least useful aspect
• Fewer French than American students (pairs)• Not same person every week• Worksheets (structured activities)• Staying on task
• Questions obligatoires, planning de discussion (everyone)
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Contacts outside class
TIDBITS:• One pair exchanged holiday gifts• Two meet up in France• Romance • Continue contact And beyond …
Once or twice (16), regularly (3) via email and Skypewith the same personfor classwork and general conversation
Once or twice (16), regularly (3) via email and Skypewith the same personfor classwork and general conversation
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Learning from peers
• Positive (7)(5), pos/neg (4) ( 2)• +Comments: • general language, more professional, sound
more French, better position myself in market, on apprend sans s’en rendre compte, charmante-brillante, bénéfique dans les deux sens
• -Comments: • too general, accuracy?
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Learning from peers
• Ils ont une manière de nous parler qui fait que nous comprenons mieux, car ils ont notre âge, on sait ce qu’ils vivent comme nous
• You learn an actual French opinion and reaction through interacting with them which is impossible to learn through a lecture...
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Group Dynamics
• Pairs: build relationship, des affinités se sont créés, more speaking time, focus on task, typical internet chat
• New partner = time getting to know people - not focus task
• Large group first encounter (less awkward)
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Group Dynamics
• Pairs: •build relationship, •more speaking time,• focus on task, •typical internet chat
•build relationship, •more speaking time,• focus on task, •typical internet chatGetting to know new
partner takes time awayfrom task.
Getting to know new
partner takes time awayfrom task.
• New partner • Large group
Large group videoconferencemight make first meeting
less akward
Large group videoconferencemight make first meeting
less akward
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Repeat Experience?
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Videoconferencing?Yes (2) (2) Maybe (3) No (6) (4)
Video
body language, gestures
nice to see them, plus aisé
Distraction, ça nous force à être concentréAudio
hone comprehension
less anxiety, nervous
less worried appearance
He’s cute!
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Teacher perception
• Notes on what teachers think they learned
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Summary: What have we learned?
• Feedback from students?