Twenty years of telecollaborative practice: implications for teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Issue 5 (4th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Luo, Han; Yang, Chunsheng
• Is Part Of: Computer assisted language learning. Volume 31:Issue 5/6(2018)
• Page Start: 546
• Page End: 571
• Publication Date: 2018-07-04
• Subjects: Telecollaboration -- telecollaborative exchange -- intercultural exchange -- intercultural competence -- Chinese as a foreign language; Language and languages -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Periodicals; 418.00285
• DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2017.1420083
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-8221

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In an attempt to promote telecollaborative exchanges in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, this paper conducts a comprehensive review of telecollaborative practice from the past twenty years and focuses on five important themes emerging from the literature on telecollaboration, i.e. models, tasks, challenges, technologies, and new trends. Special attention is given to how each theme's findings can be applied to telecollaborative projects for Chinese language learners. Based on the model of competencies for telecollaborative teachers developed by O'Dowd (2013), the implications of twenty years of telecollaborative practice for teaching Chinese as a foreign language are discussed in four areas, i.e. organizational, pedagogical, digital competences, and attitudes and beliefs.