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Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Cultural Diversity Virtual Exchange on Intercultural Competency
by Alejandro Méndez Betancor, Naomi Wahls, and Vicky Ariza-Pinzón
October 23, 2016

Technology integration is one of the challenges we face nowadays when teaching a language course. Every day, we are learning new ways to integrate technology in our teaching. Students have access to many online resources, and their lives and communication methods are shaped by the ever changing flow of information on the web. They have become more digitally engaged, yet classrooms language learning continue to take place within the confines of four walls. Today’s students and educators can connect with the outside world differently because of the use of technology, and universities cannot ignore that trend. This paper reports our experience on a telecollaboration project to virtually connect peers between a Central University in Mexico and a Midwestern American University as a way to infuse authenticity in language learning.

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