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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)
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Telecollaboration for Intercultural Language Acquisition
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Scheme
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• Project description Background, goals &
expectations; partners, languages• Analyzing teachers’
needs• Teacher training • Next steps
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Background
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Why TILA
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Video communicationAdobe connect
Open SimSecond Life
3D Virtual Worlds
NIFLAR 2009-2011
Focus on Tertiary Education (some pilots at secondary education)
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NIFLAR 2009-2011: Results at tertiary education
Positive impact on motivation (Jauregi et al 2012)Sessions were fun and instructive
Positive impact on communicative skills (Canto et al 2013) and intercultural awarenessEuroCALL 2013
NIFLAR 2009-2011: Results of pilots at secondary schools
Very positive experiencesBUT: • Difficult to organise & coordinate sessions • Universities did most work & when the team disappeared teachers went back to traditional teachingEuroCALL 2013
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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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Focus on learners’
background, interests,
learning styles
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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
competences10EuroCALL 2013
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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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Partners
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6 countries represented in the consortium. Each country
collaborates with a secondary school
and a teacher training institution. Empowering
teachers by becoming consortium
partners!!
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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 Media 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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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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The Survey
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• Created on Surveymonkey
• Disseminated via language
teachers associations
• Available in 3 languages
• 210 respondents
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The Survey
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Demographic data
How do you use IT in the classroom?
Concepts:
IC, TB teaching,
telecollaboration
Any concerns?
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Results
UK FR NL DE ES1
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11
16
21
26
31
36
41
46
29%
25%
36%
32%
48%
14%
19%
48%46%
29%
34%
23%
33%
13% 13%
19%
34%
Insufficient PC LabsInsufficient PCsPoor InternetUnreliable equipment
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Results
UK FR NL DE ES1
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21
31
41
51
61
71
81
9179%
41%
69%
52%
65%
21% 19%
13%
35% 34%
13%
32% 30%
IT assistance available
Non-specialist technician
Limited Technical Support
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Teacher Training Modules in Moodle
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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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