Electronic Appearances in Teil Instruction – Expanding Intercultural Teacher Training with Telecollaborative Activities
Electronic Appearances in Teil Instruction – Expanding Intercultural Teacher Training with Telecollaborative Activities
Author(s): Jarosław Krajka Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: TEIL; telecollaboration; electronic appearances; teacher training
Summary/Abstract: While a great amount of research has been devoted to defining and developing intercultural competence and intercultural communicative competence of learners, fewer studies have focused upon the competences needed to choose materials and methods, plan, organise and implement language teaching in a culturally-sensitive way (e.g., Farrell and Martin 2009; Krajka 2010; Wysocka 2013). Focusing on global dimensions of language teaching has become a must in contemporary Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) education, and skilful integration of telecollaborative projects can authenticate culture-sensitive teacher education. The paper shows the use of a selected telecollaborative format, ‘electronic appearances’, to supplement Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL) class at a post-graduate TEFL programme.
Journal: Roczniki Humanistyczne
- Issue Year: 67/2019
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 65-81
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English