ERIC Number: ED600878
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Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 8
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The Use of Digital Media in the Russian Language Classroom: An Empirical Study Conducted in Austria, South Tyrol, and Germany
Bacher, Sonja
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2019 Conference (27th, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Aug 28-31, 2019)
This work-in-progress study focuses on the implementation of digital media into the Russian language classroom at secondary schools in the German-speaking countries of Austria, Germany, and the trilingual region South Tyrol. The data were collected in a mixed-methods procedure: quantitative data from online questionnaires and qualitative data from face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with teachers and learners of Russian. The data from the online-surveys were analysed with descriptive statistics and that of the interviews with qualitative content analysis. The results from the online-surveys illustrate the kinds of digital devices that are employed, the frequency of their use, and the purposes digital media are intended to fulfil in the Russian language classroom. Another finding concerns the teachers' digital literacy, suggesting that only half of the Russian teachers can create online language learning tasks. The paper closes with implications for pre- and inservice teacher education and future research. [For the complete proceedings, see ED600837.]
Descriptors: Russian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Multilingualism, German, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Language Teachers, Technology Integration, Technological Literacy, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction, Faculty Development
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; Austria; Switzerland
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