dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T15:31:39Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T15:31:39Z
dc.date.created2018-11-26T15:31:39Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.identifierInnovation In Language Learning And Teaching. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, v. 10, n. 1, p. 21-33, 2016.
dc.identifier1750-1229
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/159168
dc.identifier10.1080/17501229.2016.1134861
dc.identifierWOS:000386850000003
dc.identifierWOS:000386850000003.pdf
dc.description.abstractTeletandem is a telecollaborative learning context that involves pairs of native (or competent) speakers of different languages interacting through voice, text and webcam image. Using Skype, each participant plays the role of learner for half an hour, speaking and practising the language of his/her partner. This paper focuses on a teletandem interaction between a female Brazilian and a male American undergraduate student. We aim to analyse how the participants approach the cultural dimension in a teletandem interaction. In the first part, we present five perspectives on the concept of culture (Levy, 2007. Culture, Culture Learning and New Technologies: Towards a Pedagogical Framework. Language Learning and Technology 11 (2): 104127). We also adopt a new discourse construct presented by Zhu (2012. Weaving Language and Culture Together: the Process of Culture Learning in a Chinese as a Foreign Language Classroom. PhD diss., University of Iowa) from the term coined by Swain and Lapkin (1998. Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together. Modern Language Journal 82 (3): 320-337), 'language-related episodes' and analyse five 'culture-related episodes'. We define 'culture-related episode' as any segment of a dialogue produced during teletandem sessions in which students focus on any interest, explanation or inquisitiveness about their own or their partner's culture. Our findings provide evidence that the exchanges between people from different nationalities and life experiences engender many possibilities of understanding culture in its various dimensions. Finally, we suggest that further research on learning languages and cultures should be developed to better understand the complexity and the characteristics of online telecollaborative contexts.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relationInnovation In Language Learning And Teaching
dc.relation0,520
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectTeletandem
dc.subjectlanguage learning
dc.subjectcultural learning
dc.subjectculture-related episode
dc.titleFocusing on culture-related episodes in a teletandem interaction between a Brazilian and an American student
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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