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Impact of the "Virtual Environmental Challenge" Project in Foreign Language Learning in Burkina Faso

Rabiyatou H Zigani
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Christine Evain

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The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the "Virtual Environmental Challenge" (a project aimed at investigating distance learning and internationalization policies at home) on language teaching/learning in Joseph KI-Zerbo University (Burkina Faso). The experiment included 52 students from 5 different countries. We focused on the Burkina Faso group, namely the 12 students from Masters of Applied Linguistics, British Literature and African Literature program at the University Joseph KI-Zerbo. The course was based on a MOOC ("The Stories We Live By"), and offered regular online meetings as well as an online international competition (8 teams from the 5 participating countries). The present research is based on quantitative data (pre-and post-tests) and qualitative data (online-class observation, interviews and surveys). The study concluded that the integration of digital devices and the new teaching/learning methods as proposed in the VEC challenge can be regarded as a valuable addition to the efficiency of the
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hal-03844465 , version 1 (08-11-2022)

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Rabiyatou H Zigani, Christine Evain. Impact of the "Virtual Environmental Challenge" Project in Foreign Language Learning in Burkina Faso. jmer.academicstar, inPress, Volume 12 (No. 5,), pp.338-348. ⟨hal-03844465⟩
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