2020 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence

January 23–26, 2020

Tucson, Arizona and online

Conversational Telecollaboration in Arabic classes: Intercultural Perspective

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 9:00 AM–Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 1:00 PM MST

Virtual presentations available online throughout the conference

Proposal Type

Virtual paper presentation

Language of Presentation

English

Strand

Exchanges (physical and virtual)

Summary

This presentation describes a semester long assignment in which students of Arabic were partnered with native speakers in the form of tellecollaborative conversations that took place online. The presentation looks at students responses to questions related to the way this assignment was able to help understand key issues from the perspective of the partners.

Primary Presenter

Sarab Al Ani, Yale University

Country

USA