The Peculiarities of Teaching Professional Terminology in English, German, Russian and Latvian to Sport Science Students in Virtual and In-Person Environments

Anastasija Ropa, Ludmila Malahova (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

The evolution of technologies resulted in the transfer of teaching from the traditional classroom to the online environment in tertiary education, including language teaching. The present study investigates the advantages and limitations of learning sports terminology by sport
science students online and face-to-face. A questionnaire to ascertain students’ experiences
was distributed to 36 students from different study years, who studied English, German,
Russian or Latvian. It was found that both online and face-to-face studies of sport terminology in foreign languages had their advantages and disadvantages from students’ perspectives. Students cited flexibility, access to online materials and choice of learning environment as the main advantages, which is consistent with the findings of other studies of online
foreign language studies. The disadvantages relate to technical problems, the studies feeling
less personal, difficulty in understanding new material and limited availability of the teacher.
The conclusion is that synchronous online live classes would work best if supplemented by
continuous support from the teaching personnel, regular offline meetings or classes and
access to online resources used for studies outside the online lessons.
Original languageEnglish
Article number3
Pages (from-to)29-40
Number of pages11
JournalLASE Journal of Sport Science
VolumeVolume 15
Issue number1-2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2024

Keywords*

  • sport terminology
  • online learning
  • face-to-face learning
  • language learning
  • tertiary education

Field of Science*

  • 5.3 Educational sciences

Publication Type*

  • 1.2. Scientific article included in INT1 or INT2 category journal of ERIH database

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