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 and Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK

Basic information

Original name

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

Authors

HRADILOVÁ, Alena (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution); John MORGAN (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/11:00053070

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

video-conferencing; intercultural communication; sources of misunderstanding

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

Abstract

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.

Links

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0442, interní kód MU

Name: Kompetence v jazykovém vzdělávání na Masarykově univerzitě - COMPACT (Acronym: COMPACT)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Competences in Language Education at Masaryk University - COMPACT, 2.2 Higher education

Files attached

Videoconferencing-DI.pdf

Cite

HRADILOVÁ, Alena; Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ; John MORGAN and 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, vol. 4, No 1, p. 35-49. ISSN 1802-9930.

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HRADILOVÁ, Alena; Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ; John MORGAN and 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, vol.~4, No~1, p.~35-49. ISSN~1802-9930.

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