Presentation by Sarah Guth and Francesca Helm at the Eurocall CMC SIG Workshop in Leon Spain: Skype and the web: how learners develop new online literacies to promote learning in telecollaboration

1. Skype and the web: how learners develop new online literacies to promote learning in telecollaboration Sarah Guth & Francesca Helm University of Padova, Italy

5. Multiple dimensions of Telecollaboration 2.0 new online literacies ICC savoir... Language learning (CEFR) Operational ‘ technical stuff’ computer literacy information literacy participation literacy new media literacies code-switching apprendre/ faire comprendre Spoken production Spoken interacion Written production Aural comprehension Written comprehension Operational ‘ ethos stuff’ willingness to explore, learn from, participate in, create, and collaborate and share in online communities. etre Autonomy Motivation Willingness to communicate. Cultural knowledge of literacy practices and appropriate ways of communicating in online contexts savoirs Linguistic competence Sociolinguistic competence Pragmatic competence Critical how and why new information and communication technologies are used s’engager Critical Discourse Analysis

6. Padova-Dickinson Exchange (2 nd iteration) 13 June 2008 EDEN Annual Conference 2008 Lisbon, Portugal tools modes of communication Interculture wiki (exchange platform) asynchronous text Skype synchronous oral / text other, e.g. blogs, Facebook, email asynchronous text Padova Dickinson No. 31 28 Majors 22 – MA in International Communications Studies 9 - Engineering Mixed Exchange Course 22 – B2-C1 level 9 – B1-B2 level B1 level, 3rd semester Mean age 23 18

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