ERIC Number: EJ1358083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-2155-7098
EISSN: EISSN-2155-7101
Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, v12 n3 Article 61 2022
Virtual Exchange (VE) has grown out of telecollaboration, which originated in the language-teaching field and has now expanded to all areas of knowledge as a collaborative methodology to enhance learning and fostering soft skills and intercultural competences. VE has recently received growing interest from higher education institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the reduction in physical mobility. This article reports a study on the strategies used by non-language specialist professors for facilitating communication in a foreign language in VE within the Brazilian Virtual Exchange (BRaVE). Data collection and analysis involved qualitative research methodology through analyzing participants' reflections. Implications for the field of applied linguistics point to the need for a theoretical framework for VE as an interdisciplinary field. This would serve the purpose to train professors to design and implement activities that involve foreign language communication.
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Exchange Programs, Computer Simulation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Language of Instruction, International Cooperation, Nonverbal Communication
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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