O'Dowd Online Intercultural Exchange

An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84769-010-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Reihe: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Dowd, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.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.