|
Makale Özeti:
|
In general education, in particular foreign language education, can be acknowledged as
a lifelong learning process which can be transformed beyond the borders in global sense.
Learning a foreign language requires proficiency in four basic skills which are reading,
writing, speaking, and listening. Of these skills, speaking and listening are the most
daunting tasks for learners and create obstacles when learners of target language do not
get the chance of meeting native speakers. Such obstacles can be overwhelmed by
integrating certain applications into education process. Service-learning through the
internet as a teaching method can be considered one of the most striking one of those
applications for foreign language learners. In this paper, the benefits of service-learning
are discussed and some suggestions are offered for introducing this method in foreign
language settings. By implementing service-learning, it is concluded that learners of any
foreign language may get the chance of communicating with native speakers during the
course time in foreign language without going abroad. Such an application may also
enhance learners to get information about foreign culture by raising awareness of
―otherness‖ and comparing other culture and their own culture. In addition, servicelearning
as a method of teaching, learning and reflecting combines academic classroom
curriculum with meaningful service from the members of learning community and may
generate conditions in which lifelong learning will continue.
|