Communicating with native speakers
Inspiring Teacher
Luuk Dijkstra
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Audio Description Project
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Project description
During this project, langue students communicate online with native speakers of the foreign language that they are studying. The native speakers are also students: Dutch majors from the University of Namen (Belgium). The students have worked together via synchronous tools, using video communication and a virtual world.
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Goals
- Communicating with native speakers of foreign language to improve fluency
- Getting to know the culture of the foreign language
- Broaden the understanding of intercultural communication
- Students become acquainted with the possibilities to enrich education with ICT, arousing interest in a possible educational master’s program or a career in education
Results
The use of ITELS has been positively assessed by both students and teachers:
- “I have improved my speaking skills thanks to this project”
- – The four different surveys, which were held prior to the exchanges and six weeks after the last exchanges) showed that the students enjoy using the foreign language they are studying and that they have benefited from the project.
Downloads (NL):
– Aanvraag (PDF)
– Terugblik Jaar 1 (en vooruitblik jaar 2) (PDF)
– Studentevaluatie (PDF)