Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics

Virtual Exchange (VE) has grown out of telecollaboration, which originated in the language-teaching field and has now expanded to all areas of knowledge as a collaborative methodology to enhance learning and fostering soft skills and intercultural competences. VE has recently received growing intere...

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Autor: Salomão, Ana Cristina Biondo [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/240672
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJCALLT.307061
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/240672
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Applied Linguistics
BRaVE Program
Brazilian Virtual Exchange
Foreign Language Communication
Foreign Language Learning Internationalization
Telecollaboration
Virtual Exchange
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title Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
spellingShingle Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
Salomão, Ana Cristina Biondo [UNESP]
Applied Linguistics
BRaVE Program
Brazilian Virtual Exchange
Foreign Language Communication
Foreign Language Learning Internationalization
Telecollaboration
Virtual Exchange
title_short Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
title_full Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
title_fullStr Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
title_sort Foreign Language Communication in Virtual Exchanges: Reflections and Implications for Applied Linguistics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Salomão, Ana Cristina Biondo [UNESP]
author Salomão, Ana Cristina Biondo [UNESP]
author_facet Salomão, Ana Cristina Biondo [UNESP]
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Applied Linguistics
BRaVE Program
Brazilian Virtual Exchange
Foreign Language Communication
Foreign Language Learning Internationalization
Telecollaboration
Virtual Exchange
topic Applied Linguistics
BRaVE Program
Brazilian Virtual Exchange
Foreign Language Communication
Foreign Language Learning Internationalization
Telecollaboration
Virtual Exchange
description Virtual Exchange (VE) has grown out of telecollaboration, which originated in the language-teaching field and has now expanded to all areas of knowledge as a collaborative methodology to enhance learning and fostering soft skills and intercultural competences. VE has recently received growing interest from higher education institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the reduction in physical mobility. This article reports a study on the strategies used by non-language specialist professors for facilitating communication in a foreign language in VE within the Brazilian Virtual Exchange (BRaVE). Data collection and analysis involved qualitative research methodology through analyzing participants' reflections. Implications for the field of applied linguistics point to the need for a theoretical framework for VE as an interdisciplinary field. This would serve the purpose to train professors to design and implement activities that involve foreign language communication.
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