SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION WITH ICTS. STUDENTS' MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING STYLES AND READING MODES IN GERMAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH
UNiversidad Jaume I Castellón (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in:
INTED2012 Proceedings
Publication year: 2012
Page: 3511 (abstract only)
ISBN: 978-84-615-5563-5
ISSN: 2340-1079
Conference name: 6th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 5-7 March, 2012
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
The incorporation of new technologies in second language acquisition, opens new and broad horizons that require new research lines in order to have an approximate view of what their use really involves. In fact, the significance taken on by ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in relation to language acquisition and second language learning is reflected in different learning contexts.
The aim of this paper is to identify the most productive student’s learning styles in each different second language, English, German and French in order our students can improve their second language learning in this new medium.
Our aim is to find out the strategies they use and the kind of reading they activate when searching for information, slowly middle and speedy, also called reading, browsing and navigating (Askehave and Nielsen 2005). Their strategies in combination with their learning style and their level inforeign language lead us to clear results, that open new research lines . Keywords:
Second language acquisition, Learning styles, New Technologies, Foreign languages, reading modes.