The Teacher's Role in Telecollaborative Language Learning: The Case of Institutional Integrated Teletandem

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of integrating telecollaborative language learning projects into the higher education curriculum. Learning diaries, produced by EFL students from a Language Teacher Education course, were collected during eight weeks of an institutional integr...

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Autores: Cavalari, Suzi Marques Spatti, Aranha, Solange
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.letras.ufmg.br:article/13576
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/13576
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:institutional integratated teletandem; telecollaboration; tasks; learning diaries
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Sumario:The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of integrating telecollaborative language learning projects into the higher education curriculum. Learning diaries, produced by EFL students from a Language Teacher Education course, were collected during eight weeks of an institutional integrated teletandem project between a Brazilian and a British university. Our analysis focused on the teacher´s role in mediating foreign language learning both in the classroom and through the learning diaries. We present evidence on what the professor does so that teletandem practice can contribute to language learning in the classroom and, by the same token, EFL lessons can assist autonomous telecollaborative learning.