The Effects Of A Virtual Exchange On Language Skills And Intercultural Competence

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The Effects of a Virtual Exchange on Language Skills and Intercultural Competence

Author : Theresa Schenker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781267474506
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (745 download)

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Book Synopsis The Effects of a Virtual Exchange on Language Skills and Intercultural Competence by : Theresa Schenker

Download or read book The Effects of a Virtual Exchange on Language Skills and Intercultural Competence written by Theresa Schenker and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This dissertation explores the effects of a cross-cultural, cross-lingual virtual exchange on students{u2019} foreign language skills and intercultural competence. Specifically, the dissertation investigates the effects of students{u2019} participation in a twelve-week telecollaborative exchange on their use of syntactic complexity in foreign language writing as well as their self-assessment and demonstration of intercultural competence. The basis for this study was a telecollaborative project between a third-year German class at a US university and an advanced English class at a German high school."--Abstract.

Virtual Exchange for Intercultural Language Learning and Teaching

Author : Anthippi Potolia
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000655415
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis Virtual Exchange for Intercultural Language Learning and Teaching by : Anthippi Potolia

Download or read book Virtual Exchange for Intercultural Language Learning and Teaching written by Anthippi Potolia and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates new virtual intercultural practices for language learning from primary to tertiary education and highlights the transversality of these practices throughout the language curriculum. The current English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) perspective sets the framework as a possible vector of cultural exchanges in a variety of contexts, and from which the different authors coming from Europe and all over the world present their studies. The book deploys diverse educational exchanges within a wide range of technological tools and with varied approaches to the intercultural dimension in language learning. Through these virtual exchanges, different languages and educational cultures come together to create emerging communities of practice co-constructed for the limited time-space of the collaborative projects. This volume opens a dialogue with researchers from different backgrounds and theoretical and methodological perspectives as technology can no longer be apprehended without its purposeful human and semiotic meanings and, conversely, human and semiotic meanings can no longer be apprehended without Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Going beyond strict polarised views on the technology or humanistic approaches, this book presents a more nuanced, interrelated stance and will appeal to researchers, scholars, post graduate students, and teachers in applied linguistics, language learning and teaching, education, information studies, cultural studies, and intercultural communication.

Evaluating the impact of virtual exchange on initial teacher education: a European policy experiment

Author : Alice Baroni
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2490057332
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Evaluating the impact of virtual exchange on initial teacher education: a European policy experiment by : Alice Baroni

Download or read book Evaluating the impact of virtual exchange on initial teacher education: a European policy experiment written by Alice Baroni and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual exchange refers to education programmes in which constructive communication and interaction takes place between individuals or groups from different cultural backgrounds with the support of educators or facilitators. Evaluating and Upscaling Telecollaborative Teacher Education (EVALUATE, http://www.evaluateproject.eu/) was a European policy experimentation financed by Erasmus+ which studied the impact of a telecollaborative model of virtual exchange on student teachers. Between 2017-2018, the project consortium trained teacher trainers and organised virtual exchanges which involved over 1,000 student teachers at initial teacher education institutions. This entailed students interacting and collaborating with partner classes from other countries as an integral part of one of their courses. The research team then analysed the learning gains from these exchanges using qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. They also worked with representatives from European ministries of education to understand how virtual exchange could be upscaled in teacher education across Europe. This publication presents the findings of the EVALUATE experimentation and its implications for the education of future teachers. The study found that engaging student teachers in structured online intercultural collaboration as part of their formal learning can contribute to the development of their digital-pedagogical, intercultural, and foreign language competences. It can also lead to innovation and international learning in the education of future teachers.

Online Intercultural Exchange

Author : Robert O'Dowd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317392663
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Online Intercultural Exchange by : Robert O'Dowd

Download or read book Online Intercultural Exchange written by Robert O'Dowd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a state of the art overview of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in university education and demonstrates how educators can use OIE to address current challenges in university contexts such as internationalisation, virtual mobility and intercultural foreign language education. Since the 1990s, educators have been using virtual interaction to bring their classes into contact with geographically distant partner classes to create opportunities for authentic communication, meaningful collaboration and first-hand experience of working and learning with partners from other cultural backgrounds. Online exchange projects of this nature can contribute to the development of learner autonomy, linguistic accuracy, intercultural awareness, intercultural skills and electronic literacies. Online Intercultural Exchange has now reached a stage where it is moving beyond individual classroom initiatives and is assuming a role as a major tool for internationalization, intercultural development and virtual mobility in universities around the globe. This volume reports qualitative and quantitative findings on the impact of OIE on universities in Europe and elsewhere and offers comprehensive guidance on using OIE at both pedagogical and technological levels. It provides theoretically-informed accounts of Online Intercultural Exchanges which will relevant to researchers in Computer Assisted Language Learning, Computer-Mediated Communication, or Virtual Education. Finally, contributors offer a collection of practitioner-authored and practically-oriented case studies for the benefit of teachers of foreign languages or in other subject areas who wish to engage in developing the digital literacy and intercultural competences of their learners.

Assessing virtual exchange in foreign language courses at tertiary level

Author : Anna Czura
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2383720097
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (837 download)

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Book Synopsis Assessing virtual exchange in foreign language courses at tertiary level by : Anna Czura

Download or read book Assessing virtual exchange in foreign language courses at tertiary level written by Anna Czura and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an important output of the ASSESSnet, an EU-funded project that aimed at investigating assessment practices in Virtual Exchange (VE) projects in Foreign Language (FL) courses at tertiary level. It starts with the discussion of selected aspects of VE and assessment design, and a summary of ASSESSnet project results. The following chapters present real-life examples of planning and administering assessment in VE projects in diverse educational settings. The descriptions of case studies are often supplemented by concrete examples of task descriptions, assessment rubrics, self-assessment prompts, and examples of student outputs. This volume is produced for practitioners by practitioners and may be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, school authorities and policy makers interested in introducing VE or improving the quality of the existing projects.

Virtual exchange and 21st century teacher education: short papers from the 2019 EVALUATE conference

Author : Mirjam Hauck
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2490057804
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Virtual exchange and 21st century teacher education: short papers from the 2019 EVALUATE conference by : Mirjam Hauck

Download or read book Virtual exchange and 21st century teacher education: short papers from the 2019 EVALUATE conference written by Mirjam Hauck and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evaluating and Upscaling Telecollaborative Teacher Education (EVALUATE) project was a European policy experiment funded by Erasmus+ between 2017 and 2019. The EVALUATE consortium trained teacher trainers and organised virtual exchanges which involved over 1,000 student teachers at over 34 initial teacher education institutions in Europe and beyond. Following the successful capstone conference of the EVALUATE project in September 2019, a number of colleagues answered our call for submissions to the proceedings. The articles you find here provide a window into the multifaceted contributions not only to the conference, but to the field of telecollaboration and virtual exchange at large. We hope you enjoy finding out about the many different ways in which our colleagues engage with this innovative pedagogical approach that combines the deep impact of intercultural dialogue and exchange with the broad reach of digital technology.

Virtual exchange: towards digital equity in internationalisation

Author : Müge Satar
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2490057944
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Virtual exchange: towards digital equity in internationalisation by : Müge Satar

Download or read book Virtual exchange: towards digital equity in internationalisation written by Müge Satar and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes a collection of short papers presented at the second International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) hosted virtually at Newcastle University in September 2020. The contributions address the conference theme, towards digital equity in internationalisation, and offer fresh insights into the current state and future of online intercultural communication and collaborative learning. Providing examples of interdisciplinary, multinational, and multimodal research and pedagogy in virtual exchange from around the world, this book will appeal to educators, administrators, researchers, and internationalisation leads in higher education interested in supporting and implementing virtual exchange.

Online Intercultural Exchange

Author : Robert O'Dowd
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847690084
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis Online Intercultural Exchange by : Robert O'Dowd

Download or read book Online Intercultural Exchange written by Robert O'Dowd and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an overview of how online technology is being used for foreign language learning, this title assesses three different models of telecollaboration and covers theoretical approaches to online intercultural exchange as well as practical aspects.

Telecollaboration 2.0

Author : Sarah Guth
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783034304405
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Telecollaboration 2.0 by : Sarah Guth

Download or read book Telecollaboration 2.0 written by Sarah Guth and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telecollaboration, or online intercultural exchange, has become widely recognised as an effective way to promote the development of intercultural communicative competence and language skills. However, the study and implementation of new 2.0 environments such as wikis, Skype, virtual worlds and gaming for telecollaboration is still in its infancy. How can these multilingual, multimodal, collaborative environments be used to promote language and intercultural learning? What are the implications for teachers and learners and what new literacies are required? Do they offer an added-value? This book seeks to answer these questions and many more by bringing together the experience and expertise of researchers and practitioners alike. The authors offer critical stances, new frameworks and practical case studies to help the reader 'navigate' the world of Telecollaboration 2.0.

Internationalising Higher Education and the Role of Virtual Exchange

Author : Robert O'Dowd
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315393689
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Book Synopsis Internationalising Higher Education and the Role of Virtual Exchange by : Robert O'Dowd

Download or read book Internationalising Higher Education and the Role of Virtual Exchange written by Robert O'Dowd and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces Virtual Exchange (VE) as an innovative form of online intercultural learning and investigates the myriad of ways VE is being carried out across universities, ultimately arguing for its integration into university internationalisation policies and course curricula. Against the backdrop of increased digitalisation initiatives throughout universities given the effects of the pandemic, chapters focus not only on providing new research findings, but also on providing a comprehensive introduction and argumentation for the use of VE in university education and also in demonstrating how it can be put into use by both university decision-makers and educators. Reviewing the limitations of the activity, this timely work also fundamentally posits how VE and blended mobility more broadly could be developed in future higher education initiatives. This book will be of interest to researchers, academics, scholars, and students involved with Open & Distance Education and eLearning, approaches to internationalisation in education, and the study of higher education more broadly. Those interested in innovative methods for teaching and learning, as well as educational research, will also benefit from this volume.

Telecollaboration and virtual exchange across disciplines: in service of social inclusion and global citizenship

Author : Anna Turula
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2490057413
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Telecollaboration and virtual exchange across disciplines: in service of social inclusion and global citizenship by : Anna Turula

Download or read book Telecollaboration and virtual exchange across disciplines: in service of social inclusion and global citizenship written by Anna Turula and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short papers is an outcome of the third conference on virtual exchange in higher education hosted by the Pedagogical University in Krakow in April 2018. Following the focus of the conference on virtual exchange in service of social inclusion and global citizenship, the papers collected in this volume offer first-hand insights into theoretical and practical considerations on the most recent stage of this rapidly developing form of learning. The publication will be of particular interest to academic educators, researchers, administrators, and mobility officers planning to implement virtual exchange in their unique academic contexts.

Innovative language pedagogy report

Author : Tita Beaven
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2490057863
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Innovative language pedagogy report by : Tita Beaven

Download or read book Innovative language pedagogy report written by Tita Beaven and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Innovative Language Pedagogy Report presents new and emerging approaches to language teaching, learning, and assessment in school, further education, and higher education settings. Researchers and practitioners provide 22 research-informed, short articles on their chosen pedagogy, with examples and resources. The report is jargon-free, written in a readable format, and covers, among others, gamification, open badges, comparative judgement, translanguaging, translation, learning without a teacher, and dialogue facilitation. It also includes technologies such as chatbots, augmented reality, automatic speech recognition, digital corpora, and LMOOCs, as well as pedagogical innovations around virtual exchange, digital storytelling, technology-facilitated oral homework, and TeachMeets.

Emerging identities in virtual exchange

Author : Francesca Helm
Publisher : Research-publishing.net
ISBN 13 : 2490057189
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Emerging identities in virtual exchange by : Francesca Helm

Download or read book Emerging identities in virtual exchange written by Francesca Helm and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2018-07-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how identities emerge and are negotiated by young people in online facilitated dialogue, a form of virtual exchange. It offers a framework for this type of exploration based on the assumption that both the situated context and the technologies mediating online interactions influence, but do not necessarily determine, the interactions taking place and the participants’ identity orientations. Identity is viewed not as fixed and static, but rather multiple and fluid as interactants position themselves in relation to one another. This framework is then applied to the analysis of one specific virtual exchange context, and the interactions over several weeks of a group of participants from a wide range of backgrounds.

New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching

Author : Kruk, Mariusz
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799825930
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching by : Kruk, Mariusz

Download or read book New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching written by Kruk, Mariusz and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Population diversity is becoming more prevalent globally with increasing immigration, emigration, and refugee placement. These circumstances increase the likelihood that a child will be raised speaking a different language in the home than the common language used in each country. This necessitates the development of comprehensive strategies that promote second language learning through the adoption of new technological advancements. New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching is a scholarly publication that explores how the latest technologies have the potential to engage foreign and second language learners both within and outside the language classroom and to facilitate language learning and teaching in the target language. Highlighting a range of topics such as learning analytics, digital games, and telecollaboration, this book is ideal for teachers, instructional designers, curriculum developers, IT consultants, educational software developers, language learning specialists, academicians, administrators, professionals, researchers, and students.

Multicultural Instructional Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522592806
Total Pages : 1652 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Multicultural Instructional Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by : Management Association, Information Resources

Download or read book Multicultural Instructional Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 1652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world becomes more globalized, student populations in educational settings will continue to grow in diversity. To ensure students develop the cultural competence to adapt to new environments, educational institutions must develop curriculum, policies, and programs to aid in the progression of cultural acceptance and understanding. Multicultural Instructional Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source for the latest research findings on inclusive curriculum development for multicultural learners. It also examines the interaction between culture and learning in academic environments and the efforts to mediate it through various educational venues. Highlighting a range of topics such as intercultural communication, student diversity, and language skills, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for educators, professionals, school administrators, researchers, and practitioners in the field of education.

From Study Abroad to Education Abroad

Author : Senta Goertler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000343588
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book From Study Abroad to Education Abroad written by Senta Goertler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and evidence-based, this book presents the best practices for designing and sustaining study abroad programs to maximize the outcomes and benefits of education abroad for all students. Distilling the history, research, and variations of study abroad programs, Goertler and Schenker provide a clear-eyed analysis of the lessons learned and the common obstacles associated with education abroad. Organized in three parts – the state of education abroad in the US; research on education abroad outcomes; and best practices – Goertler and Schenker demonstrate the benefits of long-term study abroad for the development of advanced language skills and intercultural competence, and the need for diversity in participation. Chapters offer theory-based, practice-proven recommendations to invigorate, innovate, and implement successful study abroad programs that are sustainable and ethically engage with the local community. The authors discuss design features to maximize language proficiency and intercultural competence. Grounded in up-to-date research and theory, the book responds to the challenges associated with long-term education abroad programs and provides recommendations on (re)invigorating long-term programs and diversifying participation in education abroad. From Study Abroad to Education Abroad is vital reading for academics, researchers, and students in the fields of language education and education policy, as well as practitioners, such as language program coordinators and education abroad administrators.

Understanding Attitude in Intercultural Virtual Communication

Author : Ana Oskoz
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781781799383
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (993 download)

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Book Synopsis Understanding Attitude in Intercultural Virtual Communication by : Ana Oskoz

Download or read book Understanding Attitude in Intercultural Virtual Communication written by Ana Oskoz and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual exchange has experienced a significant development over the last twenty years. Given its multiple benefits, this innovative pedagogy has attracted instructors and researchers from all over the world who are interested in integrating this practice into their classrooms. However, implementing virtual exchange is not without its challenges, and attaining sustained collaborative interaction remains one of those challenges. To support such interaction, interpersonal factors such as identity, rapport, and trust are essential. The development of these factors relies heavily on the participants' attitudes and how they choose to reflect them in their intercultural dialogue.Given the scarcity of studies that investigate the impact of students' attitudes and emotions in telecollaborative encounters, this volume aims to analyze the use of attitudinal resources in virtual interaction. By examining a range of educational settings, applying different theoretical approaches, presenting a variety of methodologies, and using different tools, the writers in this volume provide a rich picture of how participants can contribute to creating third spaces in which they feel safe exploring diversity and identity, and engaging with difference.By presenting different scenarios, technologies, and tasks, Understanding Attitude in Intercultural Virtual Communication provides insights into the factors that affect students' dynamics in these exchanges. These contributions will encourage readers to continue examining attitude in the ever-growing multimodal telecollaborative world.