61565 20200221144230.0 sideral 96770 ART-2016-96770 eng (orcid)0000-0003-3895-5534 Herrando Rodrigo, Maria Isabel Universidad de Zaragoza Assisting language learning with new technologies: A case of Spanish degrees facing European educational change process 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted One of the biggest challenges European countries have lately faced is The Bologna Process which consists of a series of ministerial agreements between European countries designed to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher education qualifications. The resulting European Higher Education Area (EHEA) propelled a sudden implementation of a new organizational approach into the Spanish academic system in 2008. This paper traces the evolution of lectures in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) over three semesters in this changing teaching environment in the Health Science and Medicine Faculties of the University of Zaragoza (Spain). The aim of this paper is to assess the value, among students, of the use of social media and virtual tools in a strictly academic context. The implementation of change in instructional design was necessary due to the limitations in the existing teaching practices. Consequently, the teacher’s and students’ experiences over each of the three semesters led to the implementation of Microsoft MSN Messenger, a course blog and a Facebook profile. Data from this contribution to action research suggest that students’ opinions and perceptions of the use of personally oriented technology in the language learning process were positive in my university academic context. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/H21 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FFI2012–37346 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/ 0.135 2016 Language and Linguistics 2016 Q3 Linguistics and Language 2016 Q3 Computer Science Applications 2016 Q4 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 3004 345 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema. Área Filología Inglesa 18, 1 (2016), 40-61 CALL-EJ CALL-EJ 2187-9036 http://callej.org/journal/18-1/Herrando2017.pdf Texto completo de la revista 891613 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/61565/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 122773 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/61565/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:61565 articulos driver 2020-02-21-13:19:12 ARTICLE