Making Connections: A Practical Guide to Online Intercultural Exchanges by John

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This book is a practical, down-to-earth guide for language teachers interested in running online intercultural exchanges. It is informed by the latest research on language teaching and intercultural telecollaborations, and situated in the reality of classrooms around the world.

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Online collaboration can be a powerful means of encouraging language learners to make connections between their local community and people from other cultural backgrounds. In doing so, learners develop their language skills while exploring different attitudes, values and beliefs. The authors of this book draw on 20 years of participation in numerous online intercultural exchanges to offer teachers a down-to-earth guide to finding partners, choosing a platform and designing online exchanges. They share their experience of working with learners to ensure that deep intercultural learning occurs alongside language development. This book offers strategies for mediating conflict with partners and participants, and guidance on the assessment of linguistic and intercultural competences. It is a practical resource for language teachers, informed by the latest research on language teaching and intercultural telecollaborations and situated in the reality of classrooms around the world.

Author Biography

John Corbett is Professor of English and Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at BNU-HKBU United International College, China. He is the author of An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching (2nd edition, Multilingual Matters, 2022).  Hugo Dart is an English Language Teacher and Teacher Trainer at Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Bruno Lima is an English Language Teacher and International Mobility Officer at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introducing Online Intercultural ExchangesChapter 2. Finding PartnersChapter 3. Choosing an Appropriate PlatformChapter 4. Agreeing GoalsChapter 5. Ethics, Netiquette and SecurityChapter 6. Initiating Online Discussions: Breaking the IceChapter 7. Designing Online Intercultural TasksChapter 8. Negotiating Identity and Managing RapportChapter 9. The Instructor's Roles: To Intervene or Not? Chapter 10. Coping with ProblemsChapter 11. Organising a VideoconferenceChapter 12. Learners' Language as Classroom DataChapter 13. Assessing Participants' PerformanceChapter 14. Evaluating an Online Intercultural ExchangeChapter 15. Developing an Action Research ProjectAfterwordReferencesIndex

Review

Written in an accessible and unpretentious style, this volume offers educators a practical, step-by-step guide to setting up and running an online intercultural exchange project with their students. The book is full of real examples and personal anecdotes from the authors' own experiences and it will go a long way to answering many of the questions that teachers have when they come to this activity for the first time. * Robert O'Dowd, University of León, Spain *This highly practical and accessible guide provides valuable insights into task design, implementation and assessment in intercultural online exchanges while highlighting how to use emergent tensions for a better understanding of identity dynamics in intercultural dialogue. Suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners, it equips readers with strategies to establish, guide, and evaluate impactful intercultural exchanges in digital contexts. * Melinda Dooly Owenby, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain *

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Covers everything that any teacher setting up on an online intercultural exchange for their students should consider

Details ISBN1800412649 Author Bruno Ferreira de Lima Publisher Multilingual Matters Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781800412644 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-11-14 Imprint Multilingual Matters Subtitle A Practical Guide to Online Intercultural Exchanges Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-11-14 NZ Release Date 2023-11-14 UK Release Date 2023-11-14 ISBN-10 1800412649 Alternative 9781800412651 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly DEWEY 418.00785 Pages 152 We've got this

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