Communicative competences and the use of ict for foreing language learning within the european student exchange programme Erasmus

This article presents the results from a mainly statistical and comparative analysis regarding the communicative competences and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) of German exchange students. The data was extracted from two exhaustive, rigorous and methodical questionnaire...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Aguaded, José Ignacio, Pozo Vicente, Cristina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/6901
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/6901
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Communicative competences
information and communication technologies (ICTs)
Foreign Language Learning
Erasmus
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Sumario:This article presents the results from a mainly statistical and comparative analysis regarding the communicative competences and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) of German exchange students. The data was extracted from two exhaustive, rigorous and methodical questionnaires related to communicative and ICT competences, which were completed by 20 exchange students from the Romanisches Seminar at the University of Bonn, Germany, their native language being German, whilst learning Spanish as a foreign language. Generally, the results confirm that a six-month stay in a foreign country increases the use of ICT and widely improves language skills, which can also be referred to as communicative competences in Spanish for native speakers of German