Although online teaching had already been an educational standard at higher education institutions throughout the globe even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, its history in Croatia was quite short. Its implementation depended on the educational policy of a concrete institution and the readiness of individual teachers to grapple with digital technology. The aim of this research, conducted in 2021 among Croatian university students, is to document and survey students’ perceptions about the features of French and Italian teaching in the context of emergency remote teaching. The correlations between the evaluation of students’ online teaching experience and their level of use of digital technology in foreign language learning, language proficiency level, digital competence and activity during the classes were examined. Also, the correlations between the features of online teaching and students’ level of digital technology use in foreign language learning, their language proficiency level, digital competence, the duration of language learning and their grades were examined. The results obtained for the French and Italian subsamples were compared. The contribution of this research is manifested through its practical implications for the improvement of the quality of foreign languages online teaching.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0258/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
<p>The implementation of digital technology changes the way how language is learned, and it enables various communication and interaction methods, both in and out of the classroom. This opens up new opportunities to increase student motivation which, as a consequence, facilitates better outcomes in foreign language acquisition. This research was conducted by using a questionnaire compiled by the authors of this paper. The participants of this research were students of philological and non-philological study programs who had been learning the French and Italian languages at Croatian universities (<em>N=</em>206). The aim of the research has been to develop and validate a scale for analyzing digital technology use in foreign language learning. The scale was used in order to analyze digital technology use in learning the French and Italian languages. The level of respondents' digital competence and the level of their language proficiency was determined, and the correlation of these two variables with digital technology use was examined in the total sample and on two sub-samples included in this research. The contribution of this research is the design of a valid measuring instrument to analyze digital technology use in foreign language learning.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0552/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
At the time of computerization and digitization of modern society the use of modern technology in education is logical and natural. At the University of Dubrovnik, e-learning was implemented in 2005. Since then the number of users of the platform for e-learning is constantly increasing. The goal of the research, conducted at the beginning of 2016 at the University of Dubrovnik, using two different but similarly structured questionnaires, among teachers and their students, was to determine the degree and manner of use of Moodle platform in a hybrid language teaching (at the University of Dubrovnik), and to examine, among users of e-learning, the use of various possibilities that this system of modern way of teaching offers, as well as their attitudes on the acceptance of e-learning in foreign language teaching and learning. Research shows that the use of e-learning technology has many advantages for students but also for teachers, although it requires a lot more investment and effort from them. The attitudes on the use of modern ways of e-teaching languages are generally positive and positively affect its increasing use.
The study presents a local example of traditional culture of Konavle (southernmost Croatian region) within the global tourist movement and it questions the possibility of applying ethnological and cultural-anthropological knowledge in the realm of tourism. Tourism in Konavle is a fitting example of the cultural-anthropological study of cultural tourism, especially in the realm of revival of tradition for the sake of tourism. This study gives a picture of the current situation and is a document representing the actual state of tradition in Konavle. It presents the use of folklore and particular cases of the revival of traditional manufacture (silk-worm breeding, flour milling) for the purpose of tourism. The study confirms that selected elements of traditional culture are significant factors of cultural and native identity of Konavle. It also shows that the cultural forms and the concepts of community identity are lasting and that they are transformed and influenced by contemporary tourist requirements and the interactions between different participants in tourism. The existing tourist offer shows Konavle as a tourist destination that accentuates the specific traditional culture of a micro-region with a strong local identity. Heritage, even though in a folklore packaging nowadays, forms a significant base for the development of this region. Through ensuring the livelihood for a considerable number of families in Konavle, tourism has a favourable influence on maintaining local traditions and identity.
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