BARRS, Keith    Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2012/02
Type	Articles
Peer Review	With peer review
Title	Fostering Computer-Mediated L2 Interaction Beyond the Classroom
Contribution Type	Single-Authored Publication
Journal	Language Learning & Technology
Volume, Issue, Pages	16(1),pp.10-25
Number of pages	16
Details	With the development of digital technologies, educators are being presented with new opportunities to engage learners in innovative ways. This article reports on how technology was used to deal with the issue of an identified lack of English language interactional opportunities outside of the classroom at the author’s university in Japan. An Action Research (AR) project was initiated with a Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) programme being implemented during an eight-week summer vacation period, in order to provide a platform for students to interact in the target language outside of class. The article reports on the action research methodology undertaken and the results of the CMC programme interactions. It shows that a CMC programme can offer students a convenient and useful platform on which to continue to communicate in the target language while outside of their classes.