Teachers as Intercultural Learners: Negotiating German-American Telecollaboration along the Institutional Fault Line.

Belz, Julie A.; Muller-Hartmann, Andreas

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ERIC Number: EJ662914

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Publication Date: 2003

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Teachers as Intercultural Learners: Negotiating German-American Telecollaboration along the Institutional Fault Line.

Belz, Julie A.; Muller-Hartmann, Andreas

Modern Language Journal, v87 n1 p71-89 Spr 2003

Examines how social, cultural, and institutional affordances and constraints in a telecollaborative foreign language learning partnership shape the agency of online teachers. Details how various aspects of school and schooling impact the negotiation, execution and management of a German-American virtual course from the perspectives of the teachers. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), German, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Language Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Socialization, Telecommunications

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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