The Benefits of Using Interactive Whiteboards in Teaching English as Foreign Language to Young Learners Learning Process.

Web 2.0 fostered the online mobility (Cruz & Melo, 2004) of European citizens. At the same time, by offering a wide range of multimedia resources, the IWB, combined with Web 2.0 tools and videoconferencing facilities, offers young learners the possibility to engage in virtual encounters, which promo...

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Published in:	International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 254 - 267
Main Authors:	da Cruz, Mário Rui Domingues Ferreira, Silva, Paulo, de Oliveira Marcelo, Marisa Alexandra
Format:	Article
Published:	Common Ground Research Networks Apr2008
Subjects:	Interactive whiteboards Computer input-output equipment English as a foreign language Communicative competence Competence & performance (Linguistics)
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Summary:	Web 2.0 fostered the online mobility (Cruz & Melo, 2004) of European citizens. At the same time, by offering a wide range of multimedia resources, the IWB, combined with Web 2.0 tools and videoconferencing facilities, offers young learners the possibility to engage in virtual encounters, which promote both their intercultural communicative (Byram, 1997) and plurilingual competences (Araújo e Sá, M. H. & Melo, S., 2004). In this way, the main aim of this paper is to analyze the use of IWB and a videoconference tool in the early teaching of English as foreign language to develop the intercultural communicative competence of young learners. Therefore, we will present teaching and learning situations which involve the the management of the different components of this competence.