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Exploring collaborative Web 2.0 mediated EFL learning across cultures

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dc.contributor.authorMaria, Maria de Lurdes
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-03T08:44:26Z
dc.date.available2017-02-03T08:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.description.abstractThe challenges of multiculturalism and multimodal forms of communication have brought to the fore the need to (re)examine the way English as Foreign Language (EFL) is taught and learned. This no longer seen as the sole responsibility of educational institutions but as a life-long process arising from learning through personal and professional experience and through various channels. This article reports on a telecollaboration project - European Dialogue Project (EDP) - and examines mutual contributions of Web 2.0 technologies and EFL to each other, and the challenges in designing and implementing collaboration projects across cultures. In order to become competent communicators in collaborative technology mediated projects, students need not only to develop some technical skills, allowing them to know how to use the different tools, but also be familiar with a range of social practices and behaviours associated with collaborating online. The challenge is, undoubtedly, to promote these skills and attitudes in parallel with teaching EFL. In the EDP, students, working in international teams, had to discuss and compare the values shared by young people in Italy, Portugal, Germany and France, being in charge of designing and carrying out a collaborative survey to assess students’ views on specific topics The aim of the project was encouraging autonomous communication in English, also sensitising them towards digital global communication practices in real-life scenarios. Data analysis highlights learner-centeredness, and the fact that the learning environment encouraged students to negotiate meaning, collaborate, solve problems or improve understanding of intercultural communication, thus playing a role as active stakeholders in today’s globalised world.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is financed by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UID/Multi/04016/2016. Furthermore we would like to thank the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu and CI&DETS for their supportpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4394
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectcollaborationpt_PT
dc.subjectEnglish as a foreign languagept_PT
dc.subjectWeb 2.0pt_PT
dc.subjectdigital literacypt_PT
dc.titleExploring collaborative Web 2.0 mediated EFL learning across culturespt_PT
dc.typeconference object
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceCracóviapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage27pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage27pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePL­CALL 2016 CALL FOR MOBILITYpt_PT
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspt_PT
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