polish-chinese telecollaboration project via qq
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Polish-Chinese telecollaboration project via QQ
Dr Elżbieta GajekInstitute of Applied Linguistics
University of Warsaw
Institute of Applied LinguisticsUniversity of Warsaw, Poland
School of English and International Studies, University of International Business and Economics in Bejing, China
48 tandems worked together
Aims
• Linguistic: developing confidence in speech• Intercultural: contact with a geographically distant
culture • Technical: developing confidence in the use of ICT for
learning • Professional for pre-service teachers: – Motivational– Experiential– International project work – Innovative approach to teaching
Pedagogical groundConstructivist approach:• Start with student activity • Stimulate cognitive conflict to encourage independent problem solving• Know your students’ schemata• Teaching is more to identify what students think rather than guiding them to guess
what the teacher thinks• Learning is not acquisition of other people’s concepts, but it is negotiation of meaning
and its relation to reality. • Students better remember cognitive procedures how they get to the results than the
results• A substantial part of learning is subconscious, beyond the teacher’s and student’s
control• Mistakes and errors are natural in learning• Planning learning and teaching is designing didactic oppportunities without precise
defining partial effects
Planning
• Time: 10 weeks• Topics: 10 topics suggested by the teachers• Tools: QQ messenger suggested• Evaluation: – Short reports every week (PL students)– Questionnaires (PL and CN students)– Logs with reflections (CN students)
Topics suggested
1. Hobbies2. Campus life3. Holidays4. Cuisine 5. Education 6. Travel7. Leisure activities8. Foreign language learning9. Business10. Employment
Basic topics in all language coursesClose to students’ interests
Any changes or extensions permitted, even encouraged according to the needs of the students
Searching for universal human values Politically sensitive topics not recommended (= forbidden)
Integration
• Students volunteers participated in the project, the othe group got other tasks
• Time difference and regular university classes made the contact hours possible mainly at weekends
• Reports available for all through a discussion forum
• Class discussions, interventions, explanations
Problems
• Technology• Time difference• Engagement• Language• Punctuality
Students’ evaluation
• Quantitative: – Time spent on talking, – Tools used
• Qualitative– Linguistic – Intercultural– Technical – Professional – Personal
Teacher’s evaluation• Effects of teaching– Linguistic– Intercultural– Professional for teachers and translators– Technical– Personal
• Verification of teaching concepts – Constructivist ground in teacher training– Innovative approach to teacher training– Role of cultural diferences in international project work
Awards
European Language Label 2013
Looking for partners
Preferably from Africa
To reduce time differenceTo experience intercultural communication
(with similar linguistic, technical, professional, personal aims)
Thank you