L2 Students’ Comments on Language Exchange Communities in Language Learning
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Purpose of Study: This study aimed at investigating EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners’ experiences in a Language Exchange Community, namely xLingo.
Method: 16 students from a state university spent time on language exchange communities. The researcher met these students once a week to make sure that everything was going fine. The students used xLingo for almost six months. The researcher interviewed them through the five questions that were earlier developed and piloted by the researcher himself.
Findings and Results: The findings mostly focused on four aspects namely language development, autonomy, culture and self-confidence.
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