Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration
In recent years, telecollaboration has been allowing the practice of foreign languages as well as the contact between people from different countries and cultures (O’DOWD, 2003, 2013, 2016, 2018; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). According to O’Dowd (2013, 2018), telecollaboration refers to the use of on...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Signum: Estudos da Linguagem |
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| Online Access: | https://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/editor/proofGalley/42239/31827 |
| Summary: | In recent years, telecollaboration has been allowing the practice of foreign languages as well as
the contact between people from different countries and cultures (O’DOWD, 2003, 2013, 2016,
2018; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). According to O’Dowd (2013, 2018), telecollaboration refers
to the use of online technologies in the context of language education between students who
are geographically dispersed. This study aimed at discussing, through an ecological approach,
which focuses on the relationship of people with the environment, different aspects that
influenced the participants’ interaction in the telecollaborative sessions. For the interpretative
analysis, data from telecollaborative sessions, experience reports, interviews and reflective
diaries were used. The data analysis revealed five aspects that influenced the participants’
interaction in the telecollaborative sessions, including “restricted language abilities”, “concern
because the telecollaborative session was being video-recorded” and “technical problems”. In
order to deal with online contexts (e.g. telecollaboration and videoconferencing), we suggest
that different approaches are needed, and the ecological approach, used in this study, seems to
be a suitable alternative. |
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| ISSN: | 1516-3083 2237-4876 |