Using YouTube and WeChat to Promote Communicative and Intercultural Competence in Japanese and Mandarin

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Author(s): Beverly-Anne Carter (University of the West Indies – St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago), Min He (University of the West Indies – St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)and Tsubura Kawasaki (University of the West Indies – St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 16
Source title: Language Learning and Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9618-9.ch031

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Information Science Reference / Literacy and Language Studies / Media & Communications

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Web 2.0 technologies are omnipresent in the lives of the digital natives who are the majority of learners in the language centre's non-specialist programme. However, there is no automatic transfer from personal to pedagogical use especially when linguistic and intercultural competence is also at play. The Japanese and Chinese teachers, who are the chapter's co-authors see technology as an affordance and thus necessary for developing their students' proficiency. The chapter examines learners' perspectives on the technology used and whether it facilitates the degree of engagement intended.

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