An Online Cultural Exchange in Pre-Service Language Teacher Education: A Dialogic Approach to Understanding

Autor/in	Haley, Marjorie Hall
Titel	An Online Cultural Exchange in Pre-Service Language Teacher Education: A Dialogic Approach to Understanding
Quelle	(2012), S.528-533 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-6613
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teacher Education; Methods Courses; Teacher Education Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Teaching Methods; International Educational Exchange; Teacher Exchange Programs; Computer Mediated Communication; English (Second Language); Language Teachers; Learning Experience; Career Choice; Professional Identity; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Internationaler Austausch; Computerkonferenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lernerfahrung; USA
Abstract	A dialogic approach to teaching and learning is not a new phenomenon. However, using technology as a mediated platform (email, Skype and blackboard) to allow pre-service teachers in two culturally and linguistically diverse countries to openly communicate and share ideas about teaching and learning is somewhat unique. The present study reports on a 10-week electronic exchange between students in an undergraduate EFL (English as a foreign language) methods course in China and students in a graduate ESL (English as a second language) methods course in USA. Results indicated that not only did the participants learn a great deal about each other, but also they shared more similarities than differences with regard to what they learned from such a cultural exchange; why they wanted to become teachers; and what they will contribute to the teaching profession. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10