Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0002
English communicative competence and predominant language for online use through smartphones in Croatia as compared to Slovenia
Mirna Varga
orcid.org/0000-0003-2318-4490
; University of Osijek
Violeta Jurkovič
; University of Ljubljana
Halina Sierocka
; University of Bialystok
Abstract
The study explores which languages are predominant in the online use among the targeted participant population in Croatia and Slovenia and examines the association between the partic-ipants’ smartphone online use of English and preferred subtitling mode with their perceived communicative competence in English. The findings indicate that in both nationality groups the use of English prevails in receptive language activities, in particular listening and audio-visual reception, while mother tongues are mainly used for productive and interactive activities. Participants who prefer English when engaging in online informal activities through their smartphones and who use English or no subtitles when watching video content also assess their competence in English to be on higher levels.
Keywords
online informal learning of English; smartphones; subtitling; language competence; Croatia; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
238364
URI
Publication date:
28.5.2020.
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