INVESTIGATING PARALANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF ONLINE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Alexandra Mărginean ()
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Alexandra Mărginean: Romanian-American University, Bucharest, Romania

Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management, 2020, vol. 14, issue 2, 90-105

Abstract: The introduction announces the background and rationale of the research, as well as the context in which I have chosen to investigate paralanguage, and the issues that I have tried to ascertain in relation to this topic. The starting point was a TedTalk video on six aspects related to the voice. On the one hand, the interest has been to determine whether and how these voice qualities really matter and influence the receivers’ perception (in this case the students’) in online meetings that do not use video feed. So, the first part of the study was conducted by the teacher on the students without their knowledge and conscious participation. On the other hand, in the second part of the research, the video on voice qualities is played for the students and used as a basis for discussion and a further quiz, made up of seven questions meant to determine: the students’ previous awareness of paralanguage, their opinion on its usefulness, their ability to exercise critical judgment in considering and comparing paralinguistic features, the extent to which they see paralanguage practicality and relevance, how much of the information is internalized instead of merely received, and whether they are willing to implement and make use of it in their future communications. The activity then targets both informativeness, to teach students about the use of voice qualities, and to raise awareness of the importance of paralanguage, making them conscious users of it in order to improve the way in which they both communicate and perceive the others in communication.

Date: 2020
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