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Communication Vulnerability in the Digital Age: A Missed Concern in Constructivism
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
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Title:
Communication Vulnerability in the Digital Age: A Missed Concern in Constructivism
Author:
Katada, Fusa
Subjects:
Academic Discourse
;
Asians
;
College Faculty
;
College Students
;
Communication Skills
;
Constructivism (Learning)
;
English (Second Language)
;
English for Special Purposes
;
Foreign Countries
;
Global Approach
;
Language Role
;
Majors (Students)
;
Preferences
;
Second Language Instruction
;
Second Language Learning
;
Statistical Analysis
;
Student Attitudes
;
Student Surveys
Is Part Of:
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Description:
The current wave of globalization aided by ubiquitous computing necessarily involves interaction and integration among people and human institutions worldwide. This has led to a worldwide awareness that professionals in academia need to have effective communication skills. Such communication-driven academic discourse puts much demand on language education, particularly tied to English as a medium of global communication. There is, however, a critical but unidentified gap. The targeted students are technically and academically capable but often with general communication difficulties, and such a student population is growing. This poses a challenge to constructivist classroom that is marked by student-centered, interactive, and group-oriented learning. This paper reports on exploratory studies on the temperamental, autistic tendencies of university students carried out in Japan and their preference in academic subjects including the English language. Results indicate that the university students are in general more toward drawing into themselves; that is, they are neither sociable nor communicative. The survey also shows a clear preference for less communication-driven subjects within their major, as opposed to study of the more communication-driven English language. These findings indicate the necessity of calling for complementary constructivism that would accommodate a student population with communication vulnerabilities. As far as English classroom is concerned, the relevance of adopting ESP (English for Specific Purposes) is clarified, which focuses on the knowledge structure of the subjects that find the students' strength. ESP is expected to compensate for their communication vulnerabilities, and thus to offer a hint for a meaningful form of complimentary constructivism for educational settings. [For full proceedings, see ED571332.]
Publisher:
International Association for the Development of the Information Society
Format:
8
Language:
English
Source:
ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)
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