Knowledge and Skill Development Through Intercultural Virtual Exchange

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Zhizhuo Guo, Pei-ling Wang, Z. Guo
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Abstract

Virtual exchange (VE) has been increasingly applied to foreign language education in the last two decades. The pandemic has compelled scholars and practitioners to adopt various forms of VE alongside language teaching and learning. The current study is based on one VE project between university students in Britain and China over a duration of eight weeks in the academic year of 2021-22. It draws on literature in VE relating mostly to English and other European languages, and mainly on the theoretical framework of intercultural communicative competence (ICC). Both quantitative and qualitative data are analysed to investigate how VE impacts the development in knowledge and skills including ICC and how issues can be addressed in the context of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. As we ease out of the challenges caused by the pandemic and other global relations, VE should not just be the contingency replacement of a physical exchange into China, but also become a necessary preparation for a new norm of blended mobility.
跨文化虚拟交流中的知识和技能发展
近二十年来,虚拟交换在外语教育中得到了越来越多的应用。疫情迫使学者和从业者在语言教学的同时,采用各种形式的英语教学。目前的研究是基于英国和中国的大学生在2021-22学年为期八周的VE项目。它借鉴了与英语和其他欧洲语言有关的VE文献,主要是跨文化交际能力(ICC)的理论框架。本文分析了定量和定性的数据,以探讨汉语教学如何影响包括国际商会在内的知识和技能的发展,以及如何在对外汉语教学的背景下解决这些问题。随着新冠肺炎疫情和其他国际关系带来的挑战逐渐缓解,虚拟交换不应仅仅是替代实体交换进入中国的应急措施,而应成为混合流动新常态的必要准备。
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期刊介绍: The mission of the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT) is to publish research, theory, and conceptually-based papers that address the use and impact of and innovations in education technologies in advancing foreign/second language learning and teaching. This journal expands on the principles, theories, designs, discussion, and implementations of computer-assisted language learning. In addition to original research papers and submissions on theory and concept development and systematic reports of practice, this journal welcomes theory-based CALL-related book and software/application reviews.
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