Online Intercultural Exchange (eBook)

An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers

Robert O'Dowd (Herausgeber)

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2007
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-84769-010-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores online intercultural exchange, the activity of engaging learners in collaborative project work with partners from other cultures using online communication technology. It examines how online collaboration can be integrated into the foreign language classroom and can improve students’ intercultural communicative competence.

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This volume provides foreign language educators and classroom researchers with an introduction to online intercultural exchange, the activity of engaging foreign language learners in collaborative project work with partners from other cultures through the use of online communication tools such as email, discussion boards and videoconferencing. The authors use their extensive experience in both the practice and research of online exchange to present a clear overview of the pedagogical theory behind online exchange and its contribution to different aspects of foreign language learning, including communicative competence, intercultural awareness and learner autonomy. The chapters look at different ways of organising such projects, such as the Tandem and Cultura models, and also provide clear discussions on practical aspects of the area including task design, the choice of communication tools and the role of the teacher.

Autor

lt;p>Robert O'Dowd is a teacher and teacher-trainer and has a Ph.D. on the development of intercultural competence through the use of networked technologies in the foreign language classroom. He teaches EFL and Foreign Language Methodology at the University of León in Spain, where he is also involved in various research projects related to online intercultural exchange. His other special interests include the role of the teacher in online education and the role of culture in foreign language education.

Inhalt

Part One: Introduction to this Volume and its Theme

1. Introduction - Robert O'Dowd

2. Foreign Language Education and the Rise of Online Communication: A Review of Promises and Realities - Robert O'Dowd

Part Two: Models of Online Intercultural Exchange

3. Models of Telecollaboration (1): E-Tandem - Breffni O'Rourke

4. Models of Telecollaboration (2): Cultura - Jesús Suárez García and James Crapotta

5. Models of Telecollaboration (3): E-Twinning - Antonia Domínguez Miguela

Part Three: Issues and Questions in Online Intercultural Exchange

6. Grammar and Feedback: Turning to Language Form in Telecollaboration - Paige D. Ware and Maria Luisa Pérez Cañado 7. The Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence in Telecollaborative Partnerships - Julie A. Belz

8. Teacher Role in Telecollaboration: Setting Up and Managing Exchanges

9. How can Online Exchanges be Used with Young Learners? - Isabel Pérez and Margarita Vinaigre

10. Choosing the Appropriate Communication Tools for an Online Exchange - Melinda Dooly

Part Four: Practical Accounts and Experiences of Online Exchange

11. Foreword - Robert O'Dowd

12. Integrating Tandem Learning in Higher Education - Margarita Vinagre

13. The Tridem Project - Mirjam Hauck and Tim Lewis

14. The Japan-Korea Culture Exchange Project - Christopher Chase and Paul Alexander

15. Using the Moodle Platform in Online Exchanges - Alfred Markey

16. Voice Chats in the Intercultural Classroom: The ABC's Online Project - Eva Wilden

17. Learning to Teach Online: «Le Français en (Première) Ligne» Project - Christine Develotte, François Mangenot and Katerina Zourou

18. One-to-one Desktop Videoconferencing for Developing Oral Skills: Prospects in Perspective - Lina Lee

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Reihe/Serie: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Foreign Language Teachers • Intercultural Learning • Online Communication • Online Learning • Online teaching
• ISBN-10: 1-84769-010-6 / 1847690106
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84769-010-4 / 9781847690104