I GU TelOn (Georgetown-UNESP Telecolaboração Online)
October 8th-9th 2020
The I GU TelOn will be carried out in an online format and will discuss telecollaborative practices that have been developed in different institutions around the world. Call for papers and format of sessions will be announced soon.
http://telon.georgetown.domains/
II IMFLIT
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING IN-TANDEM
Transcultural Language Learning: Toward Global Citizenship in (e)Tandem
March 22-24, 2018
University of Miami - Coral Gables
Miai, Florida
USA
Learning foreign languages in-tandem has been used by many students and professionals, since it was developed in Europe in the seventies and eighties. Foreign language learning in-tandem is based on principles of peer collaboration, autonomy, and reciprocity in which two speakers of different languages collaborate to learn the language of each other. In the present era of globalization, the development of new ICTs – Information Communication Technologies - have eliminated trans-geographical and transnational borders, providing foreign language teachers and students with new opportunities for communication and contact between languages and cultures. When these principles of collaboration and reciprocity are used in a virtual environment through the use of videoconferencing applications, this context is called teletandem.
The II IMFLIT - International Meeting on Foreign Language Learning in Tandem is aimed at building a context for information exchange among researchers and for reflection on those social, political, educational and pedagogical issues. Our vistas are turned to the education and the teaching/learning of foreign languages in the twenty first century. The objective of this international meeting is to offer a context for researchers who are currently developing studies on teletandem learning to share their ideas and research progress with other colleagues, particularly (but not exclusively) those who are working with the developments of technology and foreign language learning in-tandem.
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The II IMFLIT - International Meeting on Foreign Language Learning in Tandem is aimed at building a context for information exchange among researchers and for reflection on those social, political, educational and pedagogical issues. Our vistas are turned to the education and the teaching/learning of foreign languages in the twenty first century. The objective of this international meeting is to offer a context for researchers who are currently developing studies on teletandem learning to share their ideas and research progress with other colleagues, particularly (but not exclusively) those who are working with the developments of technology and foreign language learning in-tandem.
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I INFLIT
FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE
LEARNING IN TANDEM:
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
(INFLIT)
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
February 27, 28 and March 1, 2014
Learning foreign languages in-tandem is not a new idea. Tandem learning has been used by many students and professionals in the field of foreign language learning, since it was developed in Europe in the seventies and eighties. Foreign language learning in-tandem is based on principles of peer collaboration and reciprocity and much research has been carried out about the characteristics and language acquisition processes using this approach.
However, in the present era of globalization, the development of new ICTs – Information Communication Technologies - have eliminated trans-geographical and transnational borders, providing foreign language teachers and students with new opportunities for communication and contact between languages and cultures. Therefore, we are now faced with challenges to how extend research endeavors and broaden international efforts and collaboration to better understand the cultural dimensions of this learning context, particularly its intercultural communication and discourse, now that the principles of tandem learning start to be transposed and transformed from face-to-face into interactions mediated by technology and virtual environments.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this international meeting was to offer a context for international researchers who were developing studies on tandem learning to share their ideas and research progress with other colleagues around the world, particularly (but not exclusively) those who were working with the developments of technology and foreign language learning in-tandem.
FORMAT OF SESSIONS
The meeting was purposively organized so that participating researchers and foreign language teachers had the opportunity to present their research and pedagogical experiences with tandem learning at length, allowing time for group support, deeper discussions on the presented subjects and research results, and particularly for inter-institutional contact between researchers to open up context opportunities for international collaboration and research support.
Sessions had one presenter, with multi-media resources, where he/she had twenty minutes to present the research project, project research or pedagogical experience with foreign language learning in-tandem. The other half hour was used for group discussion and problematization of the presentation content.
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However, in the present era of globalization, the development of new ICTs – Information Communication Technologies - have eliminated trans-geographical and transnational borders, providing foreign language teachers and students with new opportunities for communication and contact between languages and cultures. Therefore, we are now faced with challenges to how extend research endeavors and broaden international efforts and collaboration to better understand the cultural dimensions of this learning context, particularly its intercultural communication and discourse, now that the principles of tandem learning start to be transposed and transformed from face-to-face into interactions mediated by technology and virtual environments.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this international meeting was to offer a context for international researchers who were developing studies on tandem learning to share their ideas and research progress with other colleagues around the world, particularly (but not exclusively) those who were working with the developments of technology and foreign language learning in-tandem.
FORMAT OF SESSIONS
The meeting was purposively organized so that participating researchers and foreign language teachers had the opportunity to present their research and pedagogical experiences with tandem learning at length, allowing time for group support, deeper discussions on the presented subjects and research results, and particularly for inter-institutional contact between researchers to open up context opportunities for international collaboration and research support.
Sessions had one presenter, with multi-media resources, where he/she had twenty minutes to present the research project, project research or pedagogical experience with foreign language learning in-tandem. The other half hour was used for group discussion and problematization of the presentation content.
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Teletandem Mediation Courses
Since the implementation of the Teletandem Brasil project, there have been orientation sessions for the participants and institutional partners to have guidelines and understand the dimensions that underlie teletandem practice. Due to the increasing number of partnerships and the need for new teletandem mediators, we have been offering courses on teletandem mediation, which have been carried out in different formats (blended and online editions, theoretical and practical activities).
The objectives of the course
Based on the contributions of recent research produced within the scope of the Teletandem and Transculturality Project we:
(a) discuss and propose instruments and practices for mediation practices in the teletandem context;
(b) individually and collectively analyze interaction in teletandem sessions and mediation sessions;
(c) promote a context of observation and practice for the professional development of teletandem teacher mediators;
Teacher-participants usually have a period of mediation practice during real teletandem sessions and mediation sessions that are planned for the semester.
Target audience: Undergraduate students majoring in Languages and Literature, graduate students, researchers, mediators and foreign language teachers who are interested in mediation within the teletandem context.