Volume-XII, Issue-I, January 2026 |
The Use of Videoconferencing for Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language: Perspectives, Challenges and Implications at the Undergraduate Level Veer Kartik, Research Scholar, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Dr. Nabiel Ansari, Assistant Professor, Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
Received: 02.12.2025 | Accepted: 15.01.2026 | Published Online: 31.01.2026 | Page No: 134-142 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.01W.316 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
Many studies have focused on videoconferencing as a tool for foreign language teaching in the recent years after COVID-19. Nevertheless, challenges faced by students have not been paid much attention to outside the western world. This paper presents the results of a survey-based study aimed to assess how learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language at the undergraduate level felt about the usage of videoconferencing in their classes. Data was collected through a researcher-designed questionnaire covering attitudes toward Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), tool preferences, challenges experienced and the specific capabilities of Zoom. It was found that Zoom was the preferred platform among the majority of respondents, who valued it primarily for peer interaction features such as breakout rooms and dynamic group activities. The majority of learners were in favour of ICT integration as a supplementary medium rather than a replacement for conventional classroom instruction. The present study contributes empirical evidence from a context that has received little research attention in CALL so far, with implications for the design of blended and hybrid ELE curriculum in settings where resources are limited. | ||
Keywords: CALL, videoconferencing, Zoom, Spanish as a Foreign Language, ICT |