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The Challenge of Raising Awareness of Interference Using ICT

dc.contributor.authorSilva, Isabel Fernandes
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Ana Luísa
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-22T16:02:15Z
dc.date.available2024-10-22T16:02:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-11
dc.description.abstractConsidering that interference is a major concern for second language teachers and that new teaching and learning strategies are in need, this study aims at assessing the validity of extra activities carried out online(ICT-based activities) to students evidencing a higher awareness of interference. This concept encompasses various phenomena, which have been object of ongoing studies, both in terms of empirical research as well as in terms of pedagogical processes. Language transfer manifests itself at phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic levels. However, culture and cultural differences are at the core of these occurrences. Thus, false friends may be adequately understood as significant examples of semantic interference. Conducted at two higher education institutions in Portugal, this project was developed along distinct phases. Firstly, lecturers discussed false friends with students in three different classes, providing examples and eliciting their previous knowledge on the subject. Secondly, two of these classes (class A and class B) had to do a worksheet on the false friends discussed in class, as well as other common false friends; the remaining class (Class C) did not do this worksheet. Thirdly, classes A and C alone solved specifically created online exercises on the same group of false friends included in the referred paper worksheet. These online exercises had to be solved within two weeks. Finally, after this period of time, all three classes were tested by means of a small quiz. Only those students that attended the class where false friends were discussed, did the online exercises (in the cases of Classes A and C) and did the test were considered for this study. Expected results are that students who completed the extra exercises using ICT resources perform better than those who did not.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationSilva, I., & Teixeira, A. L. (2015). The challenge of raising awareness of interference using ICT. In 8th International Conference ICT for Language Learning Proceedings, p. 245-248.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/52612
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.titleThe Challenge of Raising Awareness of Interference Using ICTpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceFlorence, Italypt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage248pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage245pt_PT
oaire.citation.title8th International Conference ICT for Language Learningpt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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