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Developing Students’ Collaborative and Language Skills through MOOC Integration in CLIL

Developing Students’ Collaborative and Language Skills through MOOC Integration in CLIL

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Published: 09/30/2021

Keywords: MOOC; CLIL; collaborative language learning; interactive environment; collaboration skills; language skills; digital literacies

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Titova S.V. Developing Students’ Collaborative and Language Skills through MOOC Integration in CLIL. // Moscow University Bulletin. Series 19. Linguistics and Intercultural Communication 2021. Issue 3. 9-25

Issue 3, 2021
Titova S.V. (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Abstract

The objective of this action research is twofold, first, to work out the possible ways of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) integration in a blended CLIL course and to analyze the pedagogical impact of this intervention on developing student language and collaboration skills. The theoretical framework of the intervention is based on current MOOC theories, connectivism (G. Siemens, 2005) and SAMR model by R. Puentedura (2011) for implementing new technologies and open educational resources into teaching. Thirty bachelor students from Lomonosov Moscow State University enrolled in a blended course Methodology of English Language Teaching participated in the first cycle of the research. Student participation in the MOOC Understanding language: Learning and Teaching (Southampton University, UK) was evaluated using two assignments: the e-portfolios that reflected their participation in the MOOC forums and the course blog peer collaboration where they could comment on each other’s contributions and experience. The analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative data (post-intervention questionnaire) demonstrated the learners’ positive attitude to this intervention due to the following possibilities: getting familiar with the theories and terminology on EFL teaching and learning, sharing ideas and experiences on the MOOC forums with the learners from all over the world, and finally, improving their writing skills, digital literacies and EFL terminology knowledge.

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