Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course
This article originates from a research project that gathers findings regarding social interaction in a group of students of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) in the virtual component of amixed learning environment.The group consistsof 23 ElectronicEngineering students from Universidad Santo Tomás...
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Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
2014
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| description | This article originates from a research project that gathers findings regarding social interaction in a group of students of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) in the virtual component of amixed learning environment.The group consistsof 23 ElectronicEngineering students from Universidad Santo Tomás in Tunja. Our purpose is to give evidence of the construction of knowledge andmeaning related to a specific subject, using technical English. In order to show how this community interacted and what this process represents in the experience ofEnglish learning in ahigher education context, interaction processes are reported on from a qualitative perspective through transcriptions of the forums, observations and the application of a survey. Results reveal that the Electronic Engineering students established a social bond that led themto become a virtual learning community in which they shared ideas, agreed on meaning and constructed knowledge through the use of English for Specific Purposes. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-23432017-03-24T18:09:20Z Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course Alpala, Carol Anne Ochoa Mixed learning forum university English for specific purposes interaction. This article originates from a research project that gathers findings regarding social interaction in a group of students of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) in the virtual component of amixed learning environment.The group consistsof 23 ElectronicEngineering students from Universidad Santo Tomás in Tunja. Our purpose is to give evidence of the construction of knowledge andmeaning related to a specific subject, using technical English. In order to show how this community interacted and what this process represents in the experience ofEnglish learning in ahigher education context, interaction processes are reported on from a qualitative perspective through transcriptions of the forums, observations and the application of a survey. Results reveal that the Electronic Engineering students established a social bond that led themto become a virtual learning community in which they shared ideas, agreed on meaning and constructed knowledge through the use of English for Specific Purposes. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014-02-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo de investigación application/pdf text/html https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/2343 10.19053/0121053X.2343 Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica; No. 23: (enero-junio de 2014); 121-150 Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica; Núm. 23: (enero-junio de 2014); 121-150 2346-1829 0121-053X spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/2343/2272 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/2343/4935 |
| spellingShingle | Mixed learning forum university English for specific purposes interaction. Alpala, Carol Anne Ochoa Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| title | Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| title_full | Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| title_fullStr | Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| title_short | Electronic Engineering students’ interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| title_sort | electronic engineering students interactions through forums in the virtual component of a blended learning course |
| topic | Mixed learning forum university English for specific purposes interaction. |
| topic_facet | Mixed learning forum university English for specific purposes interaction. |
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