Online pedagogy: Development of the communicative skills in Russian online courses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18192/olbiwp.v5i0.1118Keywords:
task design, synchronous multimodal environment, computer mediated communication, task-based learning, instructional conversationAbstract
This study on online language pedagogy takes a sociocultural approach to
examine how tasks designed for synchronous multimodal web-conferencing
environment (MWCE) encourage students’ development of communicative
skills and how students initiate control over their own learning.
The data from the archived synchronous class sessions of the secondsemester
high-school Russian as a foreign language course taught completely
online were analyzed using Conversation Analysis. The data shows
that a problem-solving component built in the task design seems to be a
powerful tool as it invites peer collaboration on solving linguistic problems,
urges students to take control of their own learning and offers opportunities
for participation in instructional conversations with the instructor.
The study also shows that multimodal environment allows students
at different developmental levels and with different learning styles
to participate in the co-construction of the task via the communication
channel of their preference.
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