TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERACTION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING: THE CASE OF SECOND LIFE

Abstract

According to the theory of 'Social Interaction', second language acquisitionoccurs through interactions including mutual conversation (Vygotsky,1978). However, how the input within the framework of interaction is madecomprehensible is crucial. Interactive modifications during conversationfacilitates language acquisition by providing comprehensible input. In thiscontext, it has been put forward that the speakers of the target languagecontribute to the learners’ performance level. In this study, the effect ofSecond Life, three-dimensional on-line virtual environment providing learning opportunities to foreign language learners outside the classroom,on the process of interaction in foreign language has been examined. Thefindings suggest that Second Life provides social interaction and it can beused as an effective educational tool so as to communicate with nativespeakers, and learn about different cultures

Keywords

• Computer assisted language learning
• virtual learning environments
• social interaction theory
• second life

Yabancı dil öğretiminde teknoloji tabanlı etkileşim: Second Life örneği

Öz

Sosyal Etkileşim Kuramına göre, ikinci dil edinimi karşılıklı konuşmayıiçeren etkileşim ile gerçekleşmektedir (Vygotsky, 1978). Ancak etkileşimçerçevesinde girdinin nasıl anlaşılabilir kılındığı önem taşımaktadır.Karşılıklı konuşma sırasında etkileşimsel değiştirimler (modifications)anlaşılır girdi sağlayarak dil edinimini olanaklı kılmaktadır. Bu bağlamda,hedef dil konuşucularının öğrenicilerin edim (performance) düzeyine katkıda bulunduğu öne sürülmektedir. Bu çalışmada, yabancı dil öğrenicilerinesınıf dışı öğrenme imkanları sunan 'Second Life' adlı üç boyutlu çevrimiçisanal ortamın yabancı dilde etkileşim sürecine etkisi incelenmiştir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Bilgisayar destekli yabancı dil öğretimi
• sanal öğrenmeortamları
• sosyal etkileşim kuramı
• second life

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