Integrating content-based language learning and intercultural learning online: An international eGrops collaboration
Year: 2009
Type: other
Abstract: Learning language through content in the tertiary context presents a challenge in that \nlanguage teachers, particularly in EAP/ESP contexts, are not necessarily experts in \ntheir students’ speciality subject areas, while subject experts might lack language \nteaching methodology. Furthermore, intercultural awareness, a key qualification in \ntoday’s global work environment, tends to take a back seat in a content-based \napproach. This paper reports on a didactic concept which integrates subject-based \nlanguage learning with intercultural experience through online collaboration in an \ninternational eGroups set-up. The creation of a collaborative learning space aimed to \nbring together learners from different cultural contexts (New Zealand and Germany) \nand with different target languages (German and English) towards shared learning \noutcomes. Data from student interactions will help illustrate to what extent the \neGroups model promoted interactive, communicative and intercultural competence \nthrough content-related bilingual collaboration.
Authors: Ute Walker, Christina vom Brocke
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1542301724