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

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

Beverly-Anne Carter, Min He, Tsubura Kawasaki
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522596189|ISBN10: 1522596186|EISBN13: 9781522596196
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9618-9.ch031
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Carter, Beverly-Anne, et al. "Using YouTube and WeChat to Promote Communicative and Intercultural Competence in Japanese and Mandarin." Language Learning and Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 594-609. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9618-9.ch031

APA

Carter, B., He, M., & Kawasaki, T. (2020). Using YouTube and WeChat to Promote Communicative and Intercultural Competence in Japanese and Mandarin. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Language Learning and Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 594-609). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9618-9.ch031

Chicago

Carter, Beverly-Anne, Min He, and Tsubura Kawasaki. "Using YouTube and WeChat to Promote Communicative and Intercultural Competence in Japanese and Mandarin." In Language Learning and Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 594-609. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9618-9.ch031

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Abstract

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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