Personality Types and Megabytes
Student Attitudes Toward Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in the Language Classroom
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v12i2-3.27-45Keywords:
Computer mediated communication (CMC), computer assisted language learning (CALL), local area network (LAN), InterChange (a software module used in this study), Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)Abstract
This article describes the results of a pilot study to examine the attitudes of university students toward the use of computer mediated communication in their French Conversation and Composition course. Student perceptions are examined in the light of their personality types as determined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Quantitative and qualitative data validate that both I (introvert) and E (extrovert) personality types generally perceive the use of LAN (local area network) as a beneficial experience.
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_____. (1992a). Computer Assisted Classroom Discussion in French Using Networked Computers. Dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin.
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Cononelos, T., and M. Oliva (1993). “Using Computer Networks to Enhance Foreign Language/Culture Education.” Foreign Language Annals 26, 525-534.
Ely, C. M. (1988). “Personality: Its Impact on Attitudes Toward Classroom Activities.” Foreign Language Annals 21, 1, 25-32.
Faigley, L. (1990). “Subverting the Electronic Workbook: Teaching Writing Using Networked Computers.” Heineman-Boynton the Writing Teacher as Researcher: Essays in the Theory of Class-based Writing 290-312. Upper-Montclair, NJ.
Kelm, O. R. (1992). “The Use of Synchronous Computer Networks in Second Language Acquition: A Preliminary Report.” Foreign Language Annals 25, 441-454.
Kemp, F. (1993, Winter). “The Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment.” Educator’s Tech Exchange 24-30.
Lawrence, G. (1991). People Types and Tiger Stripes. University of Florida: Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc.
Moody, Raymond (1988). “Personality Preferences and Foreign Language Learning.” The Modern Language Journal 72, 4, 389-401.
Myers, I. B. (1980). Introduction to Type. Palo Alto: Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.
Nicholas, M. A. and Toporski, N. (1993). “Developing ‘The Critic’s Corner’: Computer Assisted Language Learning for Upper-level Russian Students.” Foreign Language Annals 26, 469-478.
Oxford, Rebecca (1996). “Style Wars as a Source of Anxiety in Language Classrooms.” Affect in Second Language Learning, a Practical Guide to Dealing with Learner Anxiety, edited by Dolly J. Yong (Forthcoming).
Slatin, J. (1991). “Is There a Class in This Text? Creating Knowledge in the Electronic Classroom.” Socio-Media: Multi-Media, Hypermedia, and the Social Construction of Knowledge, edited by Edward Barrett, MIT Press. 27-51.
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2013-01-14
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Beauvois, M. H., & Eledge, J. (2013). Personality Types and Megabytes: Student Attitudes Toward Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in the Language Classroom. CALICO Journal, 12(2-3), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v12i2-3.27-45
