Software Review: Meetup

Authors

  • hiromi Nishioka Waseda University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v13i2.1008

Keywords:

Meetup, Web 2.0, social learning, social application

Abstract

Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/apps/) is an online platform designed to get people to share similar interests and to enjoy the social activities with other members offline. Users have access to a wide range of Meetup events that they may wish to participate in according to their interests, date and time availability, and location. Although Meetup is developed for general users, language learners can use the application to construct opportunities to communicate with the native speakers while enjoying their shared interests together. Access to such opportunities is not always easy for learners either studying the target language in their home country or studying the target language in a host country (e.g., Allen, 2010; Kim, 2011). As such, Meetup allows learners to identify events where they can meet native speakers who live near to their location and to interact with them using the target language in naturally-occurring settings.

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Published

07/30/2020

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020): Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching

Section

Technology Reviews

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