Gamification in Language Teaching

Prof. Dr. Renate Link Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany renate.link@th-ab.de Abstract Applying gamification methods in the educational sector has become increasingly popular in recent years in an effort to get and hold the modern generation-Y students’ attention and enhance their commitment. While computer-based gamification tools are more well-known and widespread, the haptic potential of…

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Practicing Mediation Activities for Developing Intercultural Competence

Fatma Nur Kabay & Celile Eren Ökten Yildiz Technical University, Turkey fnurkabay@gmail.com celileokten@gmail.com Abstract This study aims to create curiosity about literary texts in order to understand cultural aspects of language. Participatory action research was conducted with B1 level students from an international boarding school in Istanbul. Theoretical framework was based on intuitive text simplifying…

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International On-line Collaboration within a Course – Panic and Pitfalls

Marianna Leikomaa and Petri TuohimäkiTampere University of Applied Sciences, Finlandmarianna.leikomaa@tuni.fi petri.tuohimaki@tuni.fi Offering students a chance for international collaboration within an existing language course is often the easiest way to ensure authentic learning situations. However, this requires a bit of time, work and flexibility from all parties. Two English language teachers from Tampere University of Applied…

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Comics as a New Genre in (Academic) Communication

Tanja PsonderFH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences, Austriatanja.psonder@fh-joanneum.at Abstract This contribution briefly introduces the application of non-fictional comics in presentation courses in tertiary education. It aims at demonstrating how easily and well comics can replace the traditional presentation formats while adding structure to the presentation. In addition, the paper looks into the preparative steps and…

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Life-long Language Learning: Online Community Building, Online Collaboration and Online Resources

Hubertus Weyer, M.A.Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst, Germany hubertus.weyer@hawk.de Abstract In online language teaching, making students build communities for collaboration on assignments is particularly challenging because students take online courses from home and do not see their peers very often. I am going to showcase how I have been teaching so far as an…

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Kahoot! and Curiosity

Õie TähtlaHealth Care College, Tallinn, Estonia oie.tahtla@ttk.ee Abstract There were four options one could use when creating a Kahoot! learning game (see What is Kahoot!?). The quiz-mode was commonly used by the language teachers at Tallinn Health Care College. However, there were other modes, too: jumble, discussion and survey. This paper introduces the possibilities of…

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Project-based language learning among university students

Török Judit & Kétyi András Budapest Business School, Hungarytorok.judit@uni-bge.huketyi.andras@uni-bge.hu Abstract Our university research group has been working on the implementation of the methodology of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) into the German business language courses, and action research was conducted as well. Our sample was university students learning German business language either as a first (n=65)…

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Warriors of Tomorrow: Teaching Military Terminology through Film

Agata Jagiello-Tondera Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Polandagata.jagiello@wat.edu.pl Abstract Teaching foreign languages, and military vernacular in particular, to officer cadets may pose a challenging task. Facilitating the process of military language acquisition and arousing intellectual and cognitive curiosity through film play an essential role in the cadets’ language learning process. Communication skills are of the…

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Teaching Foreign Languages in a Multicultural Environment -a communicative approach-

Ana Mihaela Istrate & Elena Museanu Romanian-American University, Romania istrate.ana.mihaela@profesor.rau.romuseanu.elena@profesor.rau.ro Abstract The challenges of teaching foreign languages in the current higher education system worldwide is characterized by continuous changes in the social and economic development of certain areas of the world, but also by the migration process which started a couple of years ago. At…

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International Course Collaboration – Introducing New Partners

Marianna Leikomaa & Henri AnnalaTampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Finland marianna.leikomaa@tuni.fi henri.annala@tuni.fi Collaborating with an international partner is often the best way to offer authentic learning experiences for students (Leikomaa & Annala, 2018), but what happens if the international partner is no longer able to continue offering joint courses? Two TAMK teachers encountered this…

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