Developing intercultural communication in the EFL primary education classroom: Internationalization through virtual team collaboration with eTwinning / Desarrollo de la comunicación intercultural en inglés como lengua extranjera en educación primaria...
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https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.32.147Keywords:
Competencia comunicativa intercultural; eTwinning; aprendizaje de segunda lengua; educación primaAbstract
Abstract
According to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the intercultural competence is one of the aspects that must be developed as part of the communicative competence in a foreign language. Two groups of students in their 6th year of Primary Education work on a pollution project through English as the vehicular language. The experimental group works in collaboration with students from a school in Poland through the eTwinning tool. The control group performs the same tasks, but with working teams formed by students from the same classroom. After the project, both groups conducted a questionnaire about their awareness regarding intercultural communicative competence. Results reveal that the group that worked in collaboration with the international students developed their intercultural competence more than the other group. Collaboration with students from another country— which has been possible through eTwinning — seems to have contributed to the development of this competence.
Keywords: intercultural communication; ICT; foreign language; primary education.
Resumen
De acuerdo con el Marco Común Europeo de Referencia (MCER), la competencia intercultural es uno de los aspectos que se deben desarrollar como parte de la competencia comunicativa en una lengua extranjera. Dos grupos de alumnos de 6º de Educación Primaria trabajan en un proyecto sobre contaminación utilizando el inglés como lengua vehicular. El grupo experimental trabaja en colaboración con alumnos de un centro de Polonia a través de la herramienta eTwinning. Por su parte, el grupo de control realiza las mismas tareas, pero con equipos de trabajo formados por alumnos del mismo aula. Tras el proyecto, ambos grupos realizaron una encuesta de percepción sobre diversos aspectos relacionados con la competencia intercultural. Los resultados muestran que el grupo que trabajó con los alumnos polacos ha evolucionado más en su competencia intercultural que el grupo control. La colaboración con alumnos de otro país, que ha sido posible a través de eTwinning, parece haber contribuido al desarrollo de esta competencia.
Palabras clave: comunicación intercultural; TIC; lengua extranjera; educación primaria.
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Bozdag, Ç. (2015). Intercultural learning in education through information and communication technologies. Istambul: Istambul Policy and Education Center.
Bozdag, Ç. (2018). Intercultural learning in school through telecollaboration? A critical case study of eTwinning between Turkey and Germany. The International Communication Gazette, 80(7), 677-694.
Bueno-Alastuey, M. C., and Kleban, M. (2016). Matching linguistic and pedagogical objectives in a telecollaboration project: A case study. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 29(1), 148–166. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2014.904360
Byram, M. (1997). Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Camilleri, R. (2016). Global education and intercultural awareness in eTwinning. Cogent Education, 3(1), 20-38. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1210489
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Deardorff, D. (2006). Identification and Assessment of Intercultural Competence as a Student Outcome of Internationalization. Journal of Studies in International Education, 10(3), 241-266. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315306287002
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Gagnestam, E. (2003). Kultur i språkundervisning: med fokus på engelska. Karlstad: Karlstad University Studies.
Gajek, E. (2018). Curriculum integration in distance learning at primary and secondary educational levels on the example of eTwinning projects. Education Sciences, 8(1), 1-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci8010001
Gao, S., and Kennedy, T. (2019). Intercultural competence development of Chinese students after a short-term study abroad experience. Sino-US English Teaching, 16(5), 177-196.
Gértrudix, M. (2006). Convergencia multimedia y educación. Aplicaciones y estrategias de colaboración en la red. Revista de Comunicación y Nuevas Tecnologías, 14(1), 1-17.
Glogster. Retrieved from https://edu.glogster.com/
González, J. (2008). TIC y la transformación de la práctica educativa en el contexto de las sociedades del conocimiento. Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento, 5(1), 1-8.
Griffiths, C. (2011). Intercultural communicative competence. English Language and Literature studies, 1(1), 113-122.
Hao, Q., and Zhang, Y. (2009). A survey on Chinese college students’ intercultural literacy. US-China Foreign Language, 7(1), 1-5.
Huang, Y., Rayner, C., and Zhuang, L. (2003). Does Intercultural Competence Matter in Intercultural Business Relationship Development?. International Journal of Logistics, 6(4), 277-288. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13675560310001626963
Hymes, D. (1972). On Communicative Competence. In J.B. Pride, and J. Holmes (Eds.), Sociolinguistics (pp.269-293). Baltimore: Penguin Education.
Ibáñez-Martín, J. A. (2007). Convicciones pedagógicas y desarrollo de la personalidad de mujeres y varones. Revista Española de Pedagogía, 238(3), 479-516.
Kampylis, P., Bocconi, S., and Punie, Y. (2012). Fostering innovative pedagogical practices through online networks: The case of eTwinning. In E. Valtanen, M. Berki, J. Ruohonen, M. Uhomoibhi, and G. Staples (Eds.), Inspire XVII (pp.17–28). Tampere (FI): Tampere University.
Kitsantas, A., and Meyers, J. (2002). Studying abroad: Does it enhance college student cross-cultural awareness? Educational Resources Information Center, 6(4), 456-648.
Liaw, M. (2006). E-learning and the development of intercultural competence. Language Learning and Technology, 10(1), 49-64.
Martínez, S. (2012). Conectando el aula de idiomas a través de proyectos colaborativos en red: eTwinning. Revista Clave XXI, 8(1), 1-9.
Martínez-Pasamar, C. (2005). Globalización, cultura audiovisual y lenguas internacionales. Comunicación y Sociedad, 18(1), 31-60.
Mercadal, R. (2004). eTwinning, hermanamientos escolares en Europa. Comunicación y Pedagogía, 1(1), 6-8.
Merlos, F., and Guerrero, J. (2011). El portal eTwinning y el uso de herramientas TIC en los ciclos formativos de grado superior: una experiencia en el CES Vega Media de Alguazas (Murcia). Paper presented in the International
Conference on Teaching Innovation. Retrieved from http://repositorio.upct.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10317/2165/c106.pdf?sequence=1andisAllowed=y
O’Dowd, R. (2003). Understanding ‘the other side’: Intercultural learning in a Spanish-English e-mail exchange. Language Learning and Technology, 7(1), 118-144.
O’Dowd, R. (2016). Emerging trends and new directions in telecollaborative learning. CALICO Journal, 33(3), 291–310. doi: https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v33i3.30747
Paré, C., and Soto, A. (2017). Propuesta de intercambio intercultural y uso de herramientas TIC con un proyecto eTwinning franco-español. Paper presented at 5th International Conference of Research and Innovation in Infant and
Primary Education. Retrieved from http://congresos.um.es/coni3p/coni3p2017/paper/view/51691
Pereira, C., and Rocha, C. (2007). The eTwinning project: A study with Portuguese 9th grade students. Retrieved from http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/6722/1/catarina.pdf
Rollin, H., and Harrap, A. (2005). Can E-learning foster intercultural competence?. EJournal of Learning and Teaching, 34(1), 55-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09571730685200241
Savignon, S. (1972). Communicative competence: an experiment in foreign language teaching. Philadelphia: Center for Curriculum Development.
Penbek, S., Yurdakul, D., and Cerit, G. (2009). Intercultural Communication competence: A Study about the Intercultural Sensitivity of University Students Based on Their Education and International Experiences. Paper presented at the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.548.9428andrep=rep1andtype=pdf
Skehan, P. (1998). A cognitive approach to language learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sercu, L. (2002). Autonomous learning and the acquisition of intercultural communicative competence: Some implications for course development. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1(1), 61-74.
Sundqvist, P., and Olin-Scheller, C. (2013). Classroom vs. Extramural English: Teachers dealing with demotivation. Language and Linguistics Compass, 7(3), 329-338.
Üzüm, B., Akayoglu, S., and Yazan, B. (2020). Using telecollaboration to promote intercultural competence in teacher training classrooms in Turkey and the USA. ReCALL, 1(1), 1-16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0958344019000235
Villanueva, E. (2000). Convergencia multimedia: más allá de Internet. Diálogos de la comunicación, 56(2), 225-232.
Vinagre, M. (2014). El desarrollo de la competencia intercultural en los intercambios telecolaborativos. RED - Revista de Educación a Distancia, 41(1), 7-22.
Vuorikari, R., Garoia, V., Punie, Y., Cachia, R., Redecker, C., and Cao, Y. (2012). Teacher networks.Today’s and tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities for the teaching profession. Brussels: European Schoolnet.
Warschauer, M., and Healey, D. (1998). Computers and Language Learning. An overview. Language Teaching, 31(2), 57-71.
Wiseman, R. (2001). Intercultural communication competence. In W. Gudykunst, and B. Moody (Eds.), The handbook of international and intercultural communication (pp.207-220). London: Sage Publications.
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Developing intercultural communication in the EFL primary education classroom: Internationalization through virtual team collaboration with eTwinning / Desarrollo de la comunicación intercultural en inglés como lengua extranjera en educación primaria.. (2020). TEJUELO. Didactics of Language and Literature. Education, 32, 147-170. https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.32.147
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