Videoconferencing and community of practice interaction.
Semantic, pragmatic and intercultural aspects of students'
communication in English language classes.

J 2011

Videoconferencing and community of practice interaction. Semantic, pragmatic and intercultural aspects of students' communication in English language classes.

HRADILOVÁ, Alena; Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ; John MORGAN a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Videoconferencing and community of practice interaction. Semantic, pragmatic and intercultural aspects of students' communication in English language classes.

Autoři

HRADILOVÁ, Alena; Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ; John MORGAN a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK

Vydání

Discourse and Interaction, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 1802-9930

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14640/11:00053070

Organizační jednotka

Centrum jazykového vzdělávání

Klíčová slova anglicky

video-conferencing; intercultural communication; sources of misunderstanding

Změněno: 21. 4. 2014 22:16, Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This paper explores samples of community of practice communication in multicultural videoconferencing (VC) classes between English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students at Masaryk University and their conterparts at Aberystwyth University. It comments on a number of pragmatic and semantic issues that have arisen during the videoconferences in addition to situations baused by a lack of intercultural awareness. Examples of students' performances show hoe face-threatening acts are percieved to have been produced by non-native speakers of English. Differences in the reactions of native and non-native speakers of English are then exemplified. The paper further examines the difficulties in distinguishing the levels of formality, directness and politeness and the misunderstandings which arise from the use of certain loaded expressions or metphors without knowledge of cultural differences and sensitivities. To conclude, the authors suggest the importance of teaching pragmatics and raising intercultural sensitivity in international professional communication, where English is used as lingua franca.

Návaznosti

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0442, interní kód MU

Název: Kompetence v jazykovém vzdělávání na Masarykově univerzitě - COMPACT (Akronym: COMPACT)

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Kompetence v jazykovém vzdělávání na Masarykově univerzitě - COMPACT, 2.2 Vysokoškolské vzdělávání

Přiložené soubory

Videoconferencing-DI.pdf

Citovat

HRADILOVÁ, Alena; Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ; John MORGAN a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Videoconferencing and community of practice interaction. Semantic, pragmatic and intercultural aspects of students' communication in English language classes. Discourse and Interaction. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, roč. 4, č. 1, s. 35-49. ISSN 1802-9930.

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HRADILOVÁ, Alena; Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ; John MORGAN a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Videoconferencing and community of practice interaction. Semantic, pragmatic and intercultural aspects of students' communication in English language classes. \textit{Discourse and Interaction}. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, roč.~4, č.~1, s.~35-49. ISSN~1802-9930.

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