The Use of Asynchronous Telecollaborations to Foster Intercultural Competence in Secondary-Level Foreign Language Students

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Ensenyament i Adquisició de l'Anglès com a Llengua Estrangera - Segona Llengua

Title in different languages: The Use of Asynchronous Telecollaborations to Foster Intercultural Competence in Secondary-Level Foreign Language Students

Abstract: Intercultural competence (IC) has been widely recognized as a key learning objective in foreign language instruction. With the proliferation of computer-mediated communication tools, researchers have investigated telecollaborations as a means of promoting IC development in language learners. To date, most studies have focused on students at the tertiary-level of education. The present study examined whether a short-term asynchronous telecollaboration has the potential to similarly foster IC in secondary-level students. Additionally, this study assessed whether students within this age group (ages 12 to 18 years old) find exclusively asynchronous telecollaborations beneficial to their learning, engaging, and recommendable to other language learners.

Subject: Educació

Academic year: 2021-2022

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2022-06-29

Subject areas: Education sciences

Student: Robinson, Lindy

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Creation date in repository: 2023-10-11

TFM credits: 11

Keywords: Asynchronous telecollaborations, telecollaborations, intercultural competence

Title in original language: The Use of Asynchronous Telecollaborations to Foster Intercultural Competence in Secondary-Level Foreign Language Students

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Manegre, Marni