Online Collaboration as a Strategy to Revitalize Endangered Language

• In Event: INTL - E-Learning, Digital Equity & Online Collaboration

Short Description

This paper presents a solution to revitalize an endangered indigenous language in Taiwan. Seven planning groups were formed to host a summer camp, and each group includes a SaySiyat language teacher and two students. One student lives in the tribe, and the other lives in urban area. Through online collaboration using Skype, the study evaluates students’ learning motivation about their native language, teachers’ online teaching pedagogy, as well as the satisfaction regarding the summer camp.

Author

• Chun-Min (Arthur) Wang, National Hsinchu U. of Ed.