Virtual Exchange for Intercultural Language Learning and Teaching

This Book illustrates new virtual intercultural practices for language learning from primary to tertiary education and highlights the transversality of these practices throughout the language curriculum.

Anthippi Potolia is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Paris 8 - Saint-Denis, France. Martine Derivry-Plard is a Professor in Applied linguistics at the University of Bordeaux, LACES, France.

1. Research perspectives on virtual intercultural exchange in language education. 2. Going beyond these virtual walls: A retrospective of learning culture through language in intercultural telecollaboration. 3. Conceptualisation of a language task design model for mental acceptance. 4. Self-regulation and intercultural competence: Task analysis in a self-directed telecollaboration. 5. Immersive virtual reality: Exploring possibilities for virtual exchange. 6. Virtual exchanges among primary-education pupils: Insights into a new arena. 7. Communication, metacommunication and intercultural effectiveness in virtual exchange: The Evaluate project. 8. Intercultural telecollaboration for teacher education across three continents: Insights from experience journals. Conclusion: Looking back, moving forward.