Development of Critical Thinking Skills and Intercultural Awareness in Bilingual Telecollaborative Projects [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2018 Conference (26th, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018).

Autor/inn/en	Vurdien, Ruby; Puranen, Pasi
Titel	Development of Critical Thinking Skills and Intercultural Awareness in Bilingual Telecollaborative Projects [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2018 Conference (26th, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018).
Quelle	(2018), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Cultural Awareness; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Spanish; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Social Media; Videoconferencing; Learning Experience; Cultural Traits; Task Analysis; Cooperative Learning; Student Attitudes; Intercultural Communication; Teaching Methods; Computer Mediated Communication; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Finland; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Soziale Medien; Lernerfahrung; Aufgabenanalyse; Kooperatives Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computerkonferenz; Ausland; Finnland; Spanien
Abstract	This reflective practice will examine and report on students' experiences of three different bilingual (English-Spanish) task-based telecollaborative projects. The observations indicate that throughout these different projects the students were able to develop their intercultural awareness and their critical thinking skills via different online tools and learning contexts like a videoconferencing platform and Facebook. This paper employs both a qualitative and quantitative approach and data were collected from various sources, namely, the questionnaires administered at the beginning and end of the projects. As a conclusion, it is argued that the projects helped students to exchange views about cultural aspects and ask and clarify questions that arose during their interactions, which provided them with the opportunity to develop their critical thinking skills. Sharing thoughts and views on Facebook and videoconferencing has been a meaningful learning experience and students have been able to discover and reflect on useful information about each other's cultural traits. [For the complete volume of short papers, see ED590612.] (As Provided).
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