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Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2021
In recent years, telecollaboration has been allowing the practice of foreign languages as well as the contact between people from different countries and cultures (O’DOWD, 2003, 2013, 2016, 2018; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). According to O’Dowd (2013, 2018)
Rodrigo Schaefer, Christiane Heemann
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The Use of a Blog for the Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence: the case of Tunisian and American Students [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2020
This paper is a report on a three-month telecollaboration between two groups of students studying in ISEAH of Sbeitla in Tunisia and SPSU, Atlanta, GA, in the USA.
Abid Nadia, Moalla Asma, Omidvar Iraj
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Surgical mentorship in low-resource environments: Opportunities and challenges, a perspective. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Abstract Background and aims In low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), a shortage of skilled surgical practitioners hampers healthcare delivery, impacting well‐being and economic growth. Surgical mentorship programs offer a promising solution but face challenges in implementation.
Awuah WA, Tan JK, Bharadwaj HR, Aderinto N, Ferreira T, Patel H, Shah MH, Kapoor AA, Banerjee S, Abdul-Rahman T, Atallah O.   +10 more
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Between teacher candidates’ reflection and teacher educators’ evaluation: Fluctuations in epistemic (a)symmetry in feedback conversations

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 107, Issue 4, Page 1011-1034, Winter 2023., 2023
Abstract Evidence‐based reflective practices are promoted in all recent frameworks for language teacher education (LTE). Through dialogic evidence‐based feedback sessions, reflectional sequences make trainees join a virtuous cycle in which they reconsider and readjust their methods of teaching.
Pınar Turan, Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula
wiley   +1 more source

Synchronous communication technologies for language learning: Promise and challenges in research and pedagogy [PDF]

, 2017
We propose a definition of synchronous communication based on joint attention, noting that in certain mediated communication settings joint attention is a matter of perception rather than determinable fact.
O'Rourke, Breffni, Stickler, Ursula
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Telecollaboration to Improve CLIL and TPACK Knowledge: Aid or Hindrance?

Estudios sobre Educación, 2016
This paper reports on a pilot study on the use of telecollaboration to develop TPACK through the joint analysis of CLIL units created by groups of teacher trainees.
Mª Camino Bueno-Alastuey, Soraya García Esteban   +1 more
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Contextualizing DEIA in the German language classroom: Terminology and history, DDGC and recent developments, and practices and resources

Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 157-172, Fall 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper takes a closer look at diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the context of German Studies and the language classroom in the United States. The first part of the article examines the terminology, provides a general history of DEI/DEIA in higher education in the United States, and traces the development of DEI ...
Magda Tarnawska Senel
wiley   +1 more source

Telecollaborative Foreign Language Networks in European Universities: A Report on Current Attitudes and Practices

Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 2014
This paper reports on a survey which sought to identify the state of the art in the practice of telecollaboration in Europe. It was the first large scale survey carried out on the practice of telecollaboration in Europe and was carried out as part of the
Sarah Guth, Francesca Helm, Robert O'Dowd   +2 more
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A netnography of emergent ESOL researcher identity and development in a virtual community of practice

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 275-291, July 2023., 2023
Abstract For emerging researchers, communities of practice (CoPs) can be a much‐needed source of knowledge and support, particularly during a global pandemic. Within this context, a virtual CoP (VCoP) project was initiated for novice researchers in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/Applied Linguistics worldwide to exchange ...
Julian Chen, Vincent Greenier, Sasha Janes   +2 more
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Multimodality and translanguaging in negotiation of meaning

Foreign Language Annals, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 647-670, Fall 2021., 2021
Abstract The present study examines the role that multimodality and translanguaging play in scaffolding oral interactions during language‐related episodes (LREs) involving meaning negotiation. The oral tasks carried out using synchronous video‐based computer‐mediated communication were part of a tandem virtual exchange (Spain, Canada). The participants,
Laia Canals
wiley   +1 more source