Motivating Students' Foreign Language and Culture Acquisition Through Web‐Based Inquiry

According to the National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project, one of the ultimate goals of studying a foreign language is to better understand different cultures. To this end, we implemented a project in an undergraduate foreign language course that promoted a systematic inquiry‐based approach to learning about the Hispanic culture. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether this project would increase students' ability perceptions and values related to the Spanish language and the Hispanic culture. Data from questionnaires and reflection essays demonstrated that students reported higher ability perceptions and values in the Spanish language and the Hispanic culture as a direct result of participating in the project. These findings suggest that this inquiry‐based teaching approach is a viable way to incorporate the study of culture into a university foreign language course

Foreign language · Language assessment · Language education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Target culture · Computer Science · Digital literacy in education · Educational theories and practices · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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