Title :
Research on organizing method of collaborative knowledge building in a computer-supported language classroom
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Foreign Languages, Guangdong Polytech. Normal Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
In collaborative knowledge building (CKB) classroom, learners participate in learning activities in groups, and in order to make collective progress they communicate personal understandings or learning experiences with each other, which are different from traditional classroom teaching and learning. When it comes to foreign language teaching and leaning, CKB class, which is learner-centred, can help learners to acquire foreign languages according to the principles of language learning. This article has studied the organizing method of CKB in foreign language classroom with an introduction of a qualitatively analyzed case.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; groupware; natural language processing; CKB classroom; classroom teaching; collaborative knowledge building classroom; computer-supported language classroom; foreign language teaching; language learning; learning activity; organizing method; Buildings; Collaboration; Communities; Computers; Education; Knowledge engineering; Writing; Classroom teaching; Collaborative knowledge building; Collaborative learning; Group learning;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Education (ICCSE), 2010 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hefei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6002-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2010.5593771