Social Media and Language Learning

La revista Colindancias es el fruto de la colaboración entre los profesores de lengua y literatura española de universidades de Europa Central, que crearon la Red Regional de Hispanistas de Hungría, Rumanía y Serbia (Regional Network of Hispanists from Hungary, Romania and Serbia ) y un año más tarde encontraron una plataforma oficial gracias al programa CEEPUS. El principal objetivo de la revista es hacer conocer la labor científica de los investigadores-docentes de los países de la Europa Central y del Este e integrar sus investigaciones en el circuito internacional. La revista publica los trabajos de investigación escritos en español en esta parte de Europa, así como artículos escritos por autores de otros países. La temática abordada está relacionada con diversos campos de los estudios hispánicos: literatura, lingüística, didáctica, historia, etc. Un interés especial suscitan los trabajos comparativos o capaces de poner de relieve las relaciones entre el espacio hispánico y el de Europa Central y del Este. La revista es de frecuencia anual.

The journal Colindancias is the result of the collaboration between professors of both Spanish language and literature from Eastern European universities, who created the Red Regional de Hispanistas de Hungría, Rumanía y Serbia (Regional Network of Hispanists from Hungary, Romania and Serbia) ) in 2009 and found an official platform for this Project thanks to the CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies). The main objective of this journal is to promote the scientific efforts of the professors and researches from Central and Eastern Europe, and to integrate their studies into international framework. The journal publishes investigative studies written in Spanish conducted in the aforementioned parts of Europe or in other countries. The subject matter is connected to the various fields of Hispanic studies: literature, linguistics, didactics, history, etc. A special interest is stirred by comparative studies or those capable of highlighting the relations between the Hispanic space and that of Central and Eastern Europe. This journal is an annual publication.

Öz Her geçen gün birçok alanda gelişme kaydeden bilim ve teknoloji, yüksek nitelikli ara eleman ihtiyacını da beraberinde getirmektedir. Üretim ve hizmet sektöründe ihtiyaç duyulan bu nitelikli elemanların ise bilgi ve becerilerinin yanı sıra teknolojiyi yeterli bir şekilde kullanabilmelerini gerektirmektedir. Teknolojiyi ve bu kapsamda dijital araçları kullanabilen ve bunları mesleklerinin bir parçası haline getirebilen nitelikli eleman ihtiyacı mesleki eğitimin önemini de arttırmaktadır. Türkiye'de nitelikli ara eleman yetiştiren meslek yüksekokullarının Uygulamalı İngilizce ve Çevirmenlik programlarının 2011 yılından bu yana açılmaya başlamasıyla öğrencilerin yoğun bir şekilde tercihi olmuştur. Araştırma kapsamında bu öğrencilerin hangi sosyal medya organlarını kullandıkları, bunları kullanma sıklıkları ve sosyal ağlar üzerinde kullanılan çeviri uygulamalarını ne amaçla ve nasıl kullandıkları konularının incelenmesiyle öğrencilerin bu kapsamdaki bilinç ve edinçlerinin ortaya konması hedeflenmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Çaycuma Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı İngilizce ve Çevirmenlik Programı öğrencilerinin sosyal medya ve dijital çeviri araçlarını kullanmalarının ölçülmesine yönelik bir anket çalışması düzenlenmiştir. Anketin neticesinde öğrencilerin sosyal medya ve dijital çeviri araçlarını kullanımı konusunda oldukça bilinçli oldukları, ancak mesleki eğitim doğrultusunda bu bilincin yönlendirilerek daha da derinlemesine bir farkındalık kazandırılıp edinçleri geliştirilerek gelecekteki profesyonel iş yaşamlarına hazır hale getirilmesinin gerekliliği anlaşılmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: mesleki eğitim, çeviri, sosyal medya, bilgisayar destekli çeviri, akademik çeviri eğitimi Abstract Science and technology, which develop in many fields every day, bring about the need of highly qualified intermediate staff. The qualified personnel requirements, which are needed in production and service sectors, are required to use the technology efficiently besides their knowledge and skills. The needs for the qualified personnel, using the technology and the digital tools and bringing them as a part of their occupations, increase the importance of vocational education. Since 2011, with the opening of the Applied English and Translation Programs of vocational high schools, which educate qualified intermediate personnel, they have become intensely choice of the students. In this study, it is aimed to prove the consciousness and the competences of the students by analysing the subjects such as which social media organs that the students use, the usage frequency,

While growing numbers of university students study abroad in different European countries, little is known about the communicative practices facilitated by this exchange situation in an increasing globalised world. The present study aims to describe the language-related practices of 37 Erasmus students in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. We used a questionnaire to tap into the students’ routines regarding their use of social media, mass media, resources for study or work, and face-to-face interactions. Specifically, we wanted to find out how often these students used these different forms of communication and which language they used: their native language, Spanish or English. Results show that social media platforms such as Facebook or Skype are used in students’ native language more often than in Spanish or English. WhatsApp, however, is equally used in the three languages, which may point to the creation of an international multilingual community. Traditional sources of input, such as newspapers, TV and radio, have a reduced presence in any language. Finally, the predominance of English in academic tasks points to the Englishisation of higher education (Coleman, 2006). These findings have significant implications for pedagogical interventions and the design of materials for language teaching abroad.

Yellowdig, social learning platform in Blackboard LMS, gives students and faculty the ability to share and pin content in multiple formats.  Once a pin is created, students in the course may comment and “like” any of the previous pins.  Faculty may assign different points for interactions; the point system may be used to drive student engagement and report a participation score to Blackboard’s grade book. The event is facilitated by Akiba Covitz, Head of Commercial, Yellowdig.

Villanova faculty discuss how they have incorporated Yellowdig: Seth Fishman, Education & Counseling; Georg Theiner, Philosophy; Kristen Turpin, Romance Languages & Literature