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Polish-Chinese telecollaboration project via QQ

Polish-Chinese telecollaboration project via QQ. Dr Elżbieta Gajek Institute of Applied Linguistics University of Warsaw . Institute of Applied Linguistics University of Warsaw, Poland .

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Polish-Chinese telecollaboration project via QQ

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  1. Polish-Chinese telecollaboration project via QQ Dr Elżbieta Gajek Institute of Applied Linguistics University of Warsaw

  2. Institute of Applied Linguistics University of Warsaw, Poland School of English and International Studies, University of International Business and Economics in Bejing, China

  3. 48 tandemsworkedtogether

  4. Aims • Linguistic: developing confidencein speech • Intercultural: contactwith a geographicallydistantculture • Technical: developing confidenceintheuse of ICT for learning • Professional for pre-serviceteachers: • Motivational • Experiential • International projectwork • Innovativeapproach to teaching

  5. Pedagogicalground Constructivistapproach: • Start with student activity • Stimulatecognitiveconflict to encourage independent problem solving • Knowyourstudents’ schemata • Teachingismore to identifywhatstudentsthinkratherthanguidingthem to guesswhat the teacherthinks • Learning is not acquisition of otherpeople’sconcepts, but itisnegotiation of meaning and itsrelation to reality. • Studentsbetterremembercognitiveprocedureshowtheyget to theresultsthantheresults • A substantial part of learning issubconscious, beyond the teacher’s and student’scontrol • Mistakes and errorsare natural in learning • Planning learning and teachingisdesigningdidacticoppportunitieswithoutprecisedefiningpartialeffects

  6. Planning • Time: 10 weeks • Topics: 10 topicssuggested by theteachers • Tools: QQ messengersuggested • Evaluation: • Shortreportseveryweek (PL students) • Questionnaires (PL and CN students) • Logswithreflections (CN students)

  7. Topicssuggested • Hobbies • Campus life • Holidays • Cuisine • Education • Travel • Leisure activities • Foreign language learning • Business • Employment Basic topicsinalllanguagecourses Close to students’ interests Any changesorextensionspermitted, evenencouragedaccording to the needs of the students Searching for universalhumanvalues Politicallysensitivetopics not recommended (= forbidden)

  8. Integration • Studentsvolunteersparticipated in the project, the othe group gotothertasks • Time difference and regularuniversityclassesmadethecontacthourspossiblemainlyatweekends • Reportsavailable for allthrough a discussion forum • Classdiscussions, interventions, explanations

  9. Problems • Technology • Time difference • Engagement • Language • Punctuality

  10. Students’ evaluation • Quantitative: • Time spent on talking, • Tools used • Qualitative • Linguistic • Intercultural • Technical • Professional • Personal

  11. Teacher’sevaluation • Effects of teaching • Linguistic • Intercultural • Professional for teachers and translators • Technical • Personal • Verification of teachingconcepts • Constructivistgroundinteachertraining • Innovativeapproach to teachertraining • Role of culturaldiferencesin international projectwork

  12. Awards EuropeanLanguageLabel 2013

  13. Looking for partners Preferably from Africa To reducetimedifference To experienceinterculturalcommunication (with similarlinguistic, technical, professional, personalaims)

  14. Thankyou

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