AU-DELA DES METHODES TRADITIONNELLES DANS LACQUISITION DES COMPETENCES LINGUISTIQUES DANS UNE LANGUE ETRANGERE – LE BLOG, UN OUTIL PRATIQUE?

• Main Author: BOGDAN Rodica
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: University of Oradea 2014-12-01
• Series: Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science
• Subjects: tradition vs novelty, blog, virtual, foreign language, linguistic skills
• Online Access: http://anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro/volume/2014/n2/005.pdf
• ISSN: 1222-569X; 1582-5450

Although the classical and traditional methods have proven effective in seizing on foreign language skills by pupils and students, new means of communication and dissemination of information - in the virtual world via Internet - are continuous and opportune challenges towards progress. The purpose of this paper is to question the effectiveness of new instruments - namely the blog - for conveying and assimilating the skills necessary for communicating in another language. We live in a world in which a wide range of public figures stemming from diverse environments, such as the academia, mass-media, political and cultural environment, etc. use this tool - the blog - in order to present in a personal manner their knowledge or opinions, to promote a different kind of dialogue with their readers, with the audience, with their constituency or with those interested in the proposed topics. The journalist and the blogger are often tantamount. Great online publications have a blog button on their site. In such conditions, is the blog a practical tool for both the teacher and the economy student learning a new language? A series of pertinent questions are posed: to which extent can the blog be used as an instrument in teaching and learning a foreign language? Is the virtual platform a proper place for designing, displaying and posting both practical and theoretical topics? If preparing such a topic - at an economy student's hands - entails a significant effort as a self-taught, is this effort best assessed when presenting a paper before a professor, in the interaction between the two, which coincides with the evaluation and assessment of the student's work? While the information content is taught the same for all students, regarding one on one assimilation and evaluation, could an individual blog - moderated by the student - or a collective blog in which all students have access be more appropriate? Is the use of a virtual platform more effective than other traditional methods of language acquisition? All these questions are legitimate and we propose to formulate answers highlighting our opinion in the following lines. Together with traditional approaches to teaching and learning, the use of a virtual platform in acquiring linguistic skills secure attractiveness, novelty and a beneficial, peculiar dynamic.