ERIC Number: EJ1249227
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Mar
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-2133
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The Intersection of Muralist Movements and Two L2 Classes
Matus-Mendoza, Mariadelaluz
Hispania, v103 n1 p15-19 Mar 2020
The Philadelphia Mural Movement is internationally known; admittedly, it is one of its most sought attractions when visiting the city. Using this form of art as the backdrop, a telecollaborative task-based project between two universities located in two different countries, in two different continents, was designed in fall 2015. Universidad Católica (UC) in Santiago, Chile, and Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, share a similar art form on their city's walls: murals. Both movements relate to cultural, social, and political trends in their respective city and country. Selecting this as the overarching theme, this telecollaboration, part of two traditional intermediate world language classes' curricula, was created with two goals: (1) to develop the intercultural communicative competence of students of a second language (L2), and (2) to prepare Chilean students who will study abroad in Philadelphia the following academic term. This current essay includes three sections. The first sets up for the project, briefly describing the mural movements, on the one hand, and placing this project within telecollaborative projects, on the other. The second concisely presents its design, and its evolution. Finally, the essay turns to outcomes drawing on a qualitative analysis of an individual written survey and group debriefing sessions.
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries, Metropolitan Areas, Art, Task Analysis, Universities, International Cooperation, Program Descriptions, Educational Cooperation, Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Political Influences, Intercultural Communication, Videoconferencing, Activism, College Students, English (Second Language), Spanish, Blended Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Management Systems, Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Chile (Santiago)
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