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Coil Experience. Intercultural Case Analysis: Sports Brand Company Perspectives From Canada And Spain, Jody-Lynn Rebek, Víctor Del Corte Lora, Eunjung Riauka
Coil Experience. Intercultural Case Analysis: Sports Brand Company Perspectives From Canada And Spain, Jody-Lynn Rebek, Víctor Del Corte Lora, Eunjung Riauka
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The COVID-19 pandemic posed many challenges, including travel restrictions, which limited the opportunities for student-exchange programs. One solution to promote intercultural learning during the pandemic and form relations with students in different countries was COIL. This paper presents a Collaborative Online Intercultural Learning (COIL) case study that engaged students from Canada and Spain in an intercultural learning experience. Instructors worked collaboratively to design learning objectives and related course activities to establish a five (5) week program of co-instruction within their higher-education course schedules. Using technology, and a combination of asynchronous and synchronous opportunities, students were engaged in the course content …
Digital Critical Literacy Development And Intercultural Awareness Raising ‘In’ Action, ‘On’ Action And ‘For’ Action In Elt, Marina Orsini-Jones, Abraham Cerveró-Carrascosa, Kyria Finardi
Digital Critical Literacy Development And Intercultural Awareness Raising ‘In’ Action, ‘On’ Action And ‘For’ Action In Elt, Marina Orsini-Jones, Abraham Cerveró-Carrascosa, Kyria Finardi
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
This paper reports on project Blending MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) into English Language Teaching Education (ELT) with Telecollaboration (BMELTET), the latter which aims to foster reflection on ELT with a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) MOOC blend that promotes the engagement of international students based in the UK and studying towards a master’s degree (MA) in ELT, with a global community of ELT practice, with students and staff based in universities in Brazil, China, and Spain, and with the participants on the MOOC from all over the world. BMELTET aims to debunk the myth of the ‘native speaker’ as …
Exploring Intercultural Understanding And Awareness Among French As A Second Language Students Through Web Pals, Karen Devonish-Mazzotta, Serena Quintal
Exploring Intercultural Understanding And Awareness Among French As A Second Language Students Through Web Pals, Karen Devonish-Mazzotta, Serena Quintal
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The need for more services and support for international students’ academic transition is evident, as their numbers continue to increase in postsecondary institutions. There is also a need for educational leaders to have a better understanding of how they can support international students’ academic transition and success. A phenomenological research design is being used to problematize academic transition by examining the experiences of international students who are ethnoculturally and linguistically diverse. The focus is on the students from cultural and educational backgrounds that are divergent to the Canadian educational system, and their adjustment to postsecondary academic writing and teaching strategies. …