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Mobility and language learning: A case study on the use of an online platform to learn Chinese as a foreign language
London Review of Education Pub Date : 2018-07-17 , DOI: 10.18546/lre.16.2.05
Wing Yee (Jenifer) Ho

Mobile technologies and mobile learners have transformed the way people learn languages. In particular, they give rise to a new form of language learning: the use of online language learning platforms, a kind of virtual learning environment that offers learning opportunities that are mobile, social and multimodal (Jones and Hafner, 2012; Richards, 2015). While existing research has tended to focus either on the benefits of using mobile technologies in the teaching and learning of languages or on how mobile learners, who have different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, harness the benefits of technologies to learn new languages, few studies address both perspectives. This paper reports on a study of self-directed language learning in online platforms. In particular, I explore how mobile technologies such as online language learning platforms shape the learning practices of mobile learners, and how mobile learners take advantage of the affordances of these online platforms to achieve their learning goals, in the context of learning Chinese as a foreign language. Through in-depth analyses of two case studies, I argue that while mobile technologies seem to encourage a clear distinction between online and offline learning, in reality the boundary is less clear-cut as mobile learners bring with them a set of offline learning practices from their own experiences to the online environment. A more critical view therefore has to be taken when researching online and offline learning practices.

中文翻译:

流动性与语言学习:使用在线平台学习对​​外汉语的案例研究

移动技术和移动学习者改变了人们学习语言的方式。特别是,它们催生了一种新的语言学习形式:使用在线语言学习平台,这是一种提供移动、社交和多模式学习机会的虚拟学习环境(Jones 和 Hafner,2012 年;Richards,2015 年) . 虽然现有研究倾向于关注在语言教学中使用移动技术的好处,或者具有不同语言和文化背景的移动学习者如何利用技术的好处来学习新语言,但很少有研究同时解决这两个问题观点。本文报告了在线平台上自主语言学习的研究。特别是,我探讨了在线语言学习平台等移动技术如何塑造移动学习者的学习实践,以及移动学习者如何在学习对外汉语的背景下利用这些在线平台的功能来实现他们的学习目标。通过对两个案例研究的深入分析,我认为虽然移动技术似乎鼓励了在线学习和离线学习之间的明确区分,但实际上,由于移动学习者带来了一系列来自他们自己的经验到在线环境。因此,在研究在线和离线学习实践时,必须采取更具批判性的观点。以及移动学习者如何在将中文作为外语学习的背景下,利用这些在线平台的功能来实现他们的学习目标。通过对两个案例研究的深入分析,我认为虽然移动技术似乎鼓励了在线学习和离线学习之间的明确区分,但实际上,由于移动学习者带来了一系列来自他们自己的经验到在线环境。因此,在研究在线和离线学习实践时,必须采取更具批判性的观点。以及移动学习者如何在将中文作为外语学习的背景下,利用这些在线平台的功能来实现他们的学习目标。通过对两个案例研究的深入分析,我认为虽然移动技术似乎鼓励了在线学习和离线学习之间的明确区分,但实际上,由于移动学习者带来了一系列来自他们自己的经验到在线环境。因此,在研究在线和离线学习实践时,必须采取更具批判性的观点。实际上,由于移动学习者带来了一系列从他们自己的经验到在线环境的离线学习实践,因此边界并不那么清晰。因此,在研究在线和离线学习实践时,必须采取更具批判性的观点。实际上,由于移动学习者带来了一系列从他们自己的经验到在线环境的离线学习实践,因此边界并不那么清晰。因此,在研究在线和离线学习实践时,必须采取更具批判性的观点。
更新日期:2018-07-17
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