TESOL 2011
CALL & Higher Education InterSection
"Building Effective Intercultural Communication in Online Courses"
Saturday, March 19, 10:00-11:45 am
Technology Showcase Room R01
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Session Abstract:
Online language courses are increasingly involving students from around the world. This InterSection will discuss how to develop practical and pedagogically sound online courses and activities that help students develop their intercultural communication skills. Topics will include challenges to online communications, strategies for overcoming them, and training teachers for this environment.
Time
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Presenters
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10:00-10:05 am
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Introductions—Dawn Bikowski, CALL-IS Chair-Elect
Ohio University, USA, bikowski@ohio.edu
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10:05-10:25 am
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Sandy Wagner, CALL-IS Past Chair
Defense Language Institute, Monterey, USA, sandra.wagner@us.army.mil
Identifying and Addressing Intercultural Challenges in Online Communications
Online communication and interactions constitute the preferred and necessary component for distance learning, involving participants from countries and cultures worldwide. With this diversity in collaborative partners comes the potential for misunderstandings and challenges in intercultural communications. The presenter will address the types of miscommunications that occur in these computer-mediated communications (CMC) and ways to address them, incorporating H. Ned Seelye’s model for effective intercultural communications and practical applications.
Presentation
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10:25-10:45 am
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Debbie East
eastdebbie@yahoo.com
Indiana University
Fostering intercultural communication in online language teacher education courses
New understandings of "difference" as an ongoing intercultural and interactional accomplishment call for attending to differences in culture across time and space. Learners and teachers develop new ways of bridging culture and creating learning environments that minimize the effects of new technology by engaging in intercultural communication in new venues. Fostering intercultural communication in online teacher education courses creates innovative opportunities for engaging in, and exploring through, dialogue, inquiry, and praxis in their future classrooms.
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10:45-11:05 am
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Geoff Lawrence
OISE/University of Toronto, Canada, geoff.lawrence@utoronto.ca
Building Investment and Community in Intercultural Online Learning Communities
Sharing experiences from a transnational collaborative wiki writing project between ESL Toronto learners and EFL Dubai learners, Geoff will discuss lessons learned along with a pedagogical framework to build intercultural awareness in online language learning communities. The potential of this framework will be discussed including its ability to maximize student investment, classroom community and to encourage reflection on language and intercultural learning using online environments.
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11:05-11:25 am
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Dawn Bikowski
Ohio University, USA, bikowski@ohio.edu [bio]
Fostering Intercultural Communication in Project-Based Telecollaborative Exchanges
The presenter will discuss research and her experiences with project-based telecollaborative exchanges between international partners (e.g., the US, Thailand, Liberia, Germany, Mexico, and Poland). Considerations for setting up, structuring, maintaining, and assessing these projects will be discussed, as will insights about student training for these types of projects.
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11:25 -11:30 am
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Summing Up— Dawn Bikowski
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11:30 -11:45 am |
Question and Answer Period |
CALL IS Chair Elect: Dawn Bikowski
Higher Education Chair Elect: Debbie East
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