ABSTRACT
Telecollaboration relates to the use of online technologies in the context of language teaching and learning (O’Dowd, 2013O’DOWD, Robert. 2013. Telecollaboration and CALL. In: Thomas, Michael; Reinders, Hayo; Warschauer, Mark. (Eds.). Contemporary Computer-assisted Language Learning (123-141). London: Bloomsbury Academic.). This study aimed at discussing how pedagogical mediation can contribute to the co-construction of interculturality in teletandem, the specific “mode of telecollaboration” (Telles, 2015aTELLES, João Antonio. 2015a. Learning foreign languages in teletandem: Resources and strategies. DELTA - Revista de Estudos em Linguística Teórica e Aplicada, 31(3), 603-632.:604) in my research. Data analysis showed that opportunities for at least initial steps of a decentering attitude (Liddicoat & Scarino, 2013LIDDICOAT, Anthony; SCARINO, Angela. 2013. Intercultural language teaching and learning. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.) came about due to pedagogical mediation, which means that teacher-mediators can encourage discussions that go beyond superficial cultural representations in the teletandem context.
Key-words:
Teletandem; telecollaboration; interculturality; pedagogical mediation