theoretical supports for CALL

community

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• A community is a group who shares a common territory.
• the most important elements:
• mutual interdependence among members, sense of belongs, connectedness, spirit, trust, interactivity, common expectations, shared values and goals, and overlapping histories among members. (Rovai, 2002)

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• It is not every classroom of learners that can reach the stage of becoming a community of learners. (Williams and Burden, 1997)
• Advantages of creating an online learning community:
• 1. give students a sense of belonging
• 2. Student remain anonymous, therefore, reducing their fear of mistakes
• 3. give students an equal chance to respond
• 4. develop different kinds of skills
• e.g. organizing and planning learning activities, working collaboratively, giving and receiving feedback, etc. (Boud, 2002)

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