The Co-Construction of Interculturality Through an Ecological Perspective in Teletandem Activities

Schaefer, Rodrigo

doi:10.1590/1984-6398202116417

ABSTRACT

Telecollaboration involves the use of online technologies in the context of language teaching and learning (O’DOWD, 2013O’DOWD, R. Telecollaboration and CALL. In: THOMAS, M.; REINDERS, H; WARSCHAUER, M. (ed.). Contemporary Computer-assisted Language Learning. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. p. 123-141.). This study sought to understand how the co-construction of interculturality took place in a specific telecollaborative context - teletandem (TELLES; VASSALLO, 2006TELLES, J. A.; VASSALLO, M. L. Foreign Language Learning In-tandem: Teletandem as an Alternative Proposal in CALLT. The ESPecialist, São Paulo, v. 27, n. 2, p. 189-212, 2006.; TELLES, 2015aTELLES, J. A. Learning Foreign Languages in Teletandem: Resources and Strategies. DELTA , São Paulo, v. 31, n. 3, p. 603-632, 2015a. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-4450226475643730772
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1590/... , 2015bTELLES, J. A. Teletandem and Performativity. Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, v. 15, n. 1, p. 1-30, 2015b. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-639820155536
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1590/... ). For the analysis, data from a teletandem session, a mediation session, an experience report and an interview were included. From an ecological perspective (VAN LIER, 2004VAN LIER, L. The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning: A Sociocultural Perspective. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. 248 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7912-5
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/... ; KRAMSCH; STEFFENSEN, 2008KRAMSCH, C.; STEFFENSEN, S. V. Ecological Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition and Socialization. In: DUFF, P. A.; HORNBERGER, N. H. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, 2008. p. 17-28.), the outcomes showed that the co-construction of interculturality was a process, that is, it occurred over time and through different instances. Put differently, instances subsequent to the teletandem session, e.g. the mediation session and the experience report, were essential for this co-construction.

KEYWORDS:
interculturality; teletandem; telecollaboration; online intercultural exchange; online teaching and learning of foreign languages

Brasil

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The Co-Construction of Interculturality Through an Ecological Perspective in Teletandem Activities¹ 1 This article is from my Ph.D. dissertation (SCHAEFER, 2019), which was written under the supervision of professor Dr. Gloria Gil.

A co-construção da interculturalidade a partir de uma perspectiva ecológica em atividades do teletandem

ABSTRACT

Brasil

Brasil

The Co-Construction of Interculturality Through an Ecological Perspective in Teletandem Activities1 1 This article is from my Ph.D. dissertation (SCHAEFER, 2019), which was written under the supervision of professor Dr. Gloria Gil.

A co-construção da interculturalidade a partir de uma perspectiva ecológica em atividades do teletandem

ABSTRACT

The Co-Construction of Interculturality Through an Ecological Perspective in Teletandem Activities¹ 1 This article is from my Ph.D. dissertation (SCHAEFER, 2019), which was written under the supervision of professor Dr. Gloria Gil.