A web-based project for self-empowerment in language learning

Yoko Hirata

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2011, vol. 9, issue 1, 113-126

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine Japanese students' perceptions of a web-based project which was aimed at encouraging students to make the most of various student-selected websites for lifelong learning. The project was intended to provide students with ample opportunities to use the web as a multi-purpose tool to accomplish various real-life meaningful tasks, such as an arrangement of a detailed itinerary for their own business trip to the USA. This student-centred, socially oriented language project was introduced to a blended learning course for undergraduate Japanese university students.

Keywords: web-based projects; self-empowerment; language learning; languages; Japan; world wide web; internet; student perceptions; lifelong learning; multi-purpose tools; real-life tasks; meaningful tasks; itineraries; business trips; United States; USA; student-centred projects; socially oriented projects; language projects; blended learning; undergraduates; universities; higher education; innovation; innovative learning. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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