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K. Jauregi (Utrecht University & Fontys University for Applied
Sciences)
S. Melchor-Couto (University of Roehampton, London)
E. Vilar Beltrán (Queen Mary University)
TILA
Telecollaboration for Intercultural
Language Acquisition
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TILA: Focus on secondary education
to take full advantage of the capacity
younger learners seem to have to
acquire foreign languages (fluency,
pronunciation) (Muñoz, 2008) and
to contribute to the research field on
Computer Mediated Communication,
as most research has been carried out
within tertiary education.
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Project goals
(1) to innovate, enrich and make foreign language
teaching programmes more attractive and effective by
encouraging the implementation of telecollaboration
activities in secondary schools across Europe;
(2) to empower teachers and innovate teacher training
programmes in order to assist them in developing ICT
literacy skills as well as organisational, pedagogical and
intercultural competences to guarantee adequate
integration of telecollaboration practices; and
(3) to study the added value that telecollaboration may
bring to language learning in terms of intercultural
understanding and motivation amongst younger learners
and pedagogic competence development.
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TILA focuses on
Promoting authentic cross-
cultural communication
with real peers
using motivating digital
environments
to enhance intercultural
communicative skills, and
teachers’ pedagogical
competences
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What is telecollaboration?
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Belz defines telecollaboration as:
“…internationally-dispersed
learners in parallel language
classes use Internet
communication tools such as e-
mail, synchronous chat, threaded
discussion, and MOOs (as well as
other forms of electronically
mediated communication), in
order to support social
interaction, dialogue, debate,
and intercultural exchange.”
(2003: 1)
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Tools for synchronous telecollaboration in TILA
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Video/Audio Communication
BigBluebutton
3D virtual worlds
Open Sim(ulator)
Real-time communication between two or
more people
Video and audio supported
conversations, multimodal
collaboration, screen share,
recordings
Audio supported meetings,
role plays and task-based
interaction in dedicated
virtual scenarios
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Tools for asynchronous telecollaboration in TILA
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Forum Blog
Wiki Journal
Moodle
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Social media
VoiceThread
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Consortium Partners
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P1 Utrecht University (NL)
P2 Berlage Lyceum
P3 U Roehampton (UK)
P4 The Godolphin & Latymer School
P5 Steinbeis Transfer Center Language Learning M
P6 Gymnasium Saarburg (DE)
P7 Universidad de Valencia (SP)
P8 IES Clot del Moro
P9 Université de Paris 3 (FR)
P10 Collège La Cerisaie
P12 Palacky University (CZ)
P11 3DLES (NL)
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42 associate partners
Synchronous and asynchronous telecollaboration tools 16
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Activities undertaken
Analysis of teachers’ needs
Development of teacher training
modules and
Teacher training sessions
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Teachers’needs
How often do teachers use technology?
What kind of technology?
What IT facilities are available to them?
Do they have IT support?
Have they used telecollaboration
before?
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Topic 1: Intercultural Communicative Competence
Topic 2: Telecollaboration for intercultural language
learning
Topic 3: Organising telecollaboration projects
Topic 4: Telecollaboration tasks
Topic 5: Ethical and Internet Safety Issues
Topic 6: Teacher Roles
Topic 7: Assessment and evaluation of
telecollaboration
Topic 8: Make yourself familiar with the tools
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Teacher Training Content
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Next steps
We are planning sessions, creating tasks for
telecollaboration;
Pilot sessions starting in November 2013;
Gather data for research on:
Organizing telecollaboration
Effective engaging tasks
Teacher competences & beliefs
Impact on intercultural awareness
Impact on motivation
Impact on communication skills
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