Online Intercultural Exchange: An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers

Published by Multilingual Matters 2007

Online Intercultural Exchange

An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers

Edited by: Robert O'Dowd

In the series Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847690104

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

O'Dowd Robert :

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.

Reviews

Telecollaboration has enormous potential for foreign language education. This book shows how it can live up to its promise in mainstream teaching. Clearly a 'must read' for anybody interested in this exciting new field.

Online Intercultural Exchange brings together a wealth of inspirational case studies, hard-won wisdom and sound, practical advice for teachers embarking on the adventure of using communications technology to explore language and culture. As someone who has dipped his toe in virtual learning environments and had it painfully stubbed several times, I wish this book had been available to me some time ago.

This state-of-the-art volume comprehensively covers the theory, research, and practice of online cultural exchanges. It is an important addition to the literature on technology use in the language classroom.

This edited collection is a rigorous exploration of one particular type of educational exchange, one which should help language teachers and technologists alike get the most out of language learners. Any teacher considering using "social software" to connect his or her class with others could find this book fascinating reading.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword John Corbett Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Part 1: Introduction to this Volume and its Theme
Chapter 1. Introduction Robert O’Dowd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. Foreign Language Education and the Rise of Online Communication: A Review of Promises and Realities Robert O’Dowd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Part 2: Models of Online Intercultural Exchange
Chapter 3. Models of Telecollaboration (1): eTandem Breffni O’Rourke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 4. Models of Telecollaboration (2): Cultura Jesús Suárez García and James Crapotta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 5. Models of Telecollaboration (3): eTwinning Antonia Domínguez Miguela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part 3: Issues and Questions in Online Intercultural Exchange
Chapter 6. Grammar and Feedback: Turning to Language Form in Telecollaboration Paige D. Ware and Maria Luisa Pérez Cañado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 7. The Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence in Telecollaborative Partnerships Julie A. Belz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 8. Teacher Role in Telecollaboration: Setting up and Managing Exchanges Andreas Müller-Hartmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter 9. How Can Online Exchanges Be Used with Young Learners? Isabel Pérez Torres and Margarita Vinagre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Chapter 10. Choosing the Appropriate Communication Tools for an Online Exchange Melinda Dooly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Part 4: Practical Accounts and Experiences of Online Exchange
Chapter 11. Foreword Robert O’Dowd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Chapter 12. Integrating Tandem Learning in Higher Education Margarita Vinagre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Chapter 13. The Tridem Project Mirjam Hauck and Tim Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Chapter 14. The Japan-Korea Culture Exchange Project Christopher Chase and Paul Alexander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Chapter 15. Using the Moodle Platform in Online Exchanges Alfred Markey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Chapter 16. Voice Chats in the Intercultural Classroom: The ABC’s Online Project Eva Wilden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Chapter 17. Learning to Teach Online: ‘Le français en (première) ligne’ Project Christine Develotte, Francçois Mangenot and Katerina Zourou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Chapter 18. One-to-one Desktop Videoconferencing for Developing Oral Skills: Prospects in Perspective Lina Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 260
Keywords: Foreign Language Teachers; online learning; online teaching; online communication; intercultural learning

eBook

Published: October 15, 2007
ISBN: 9781847690104