The road taken by the Teletandem Brasil Project: from the institutional non-integrated to the integrated modality

Authors

  • Solange Aranha Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, São José do Rio Preto
  • Suzi Marques Spatti Cavalari Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, São José do Rio Preto

Keywords:

institutional integrated teletandem, language teaching and learning, online interactions.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the road taken by the Teletandem Brasil Project (Telles, 2006) and describe the modifications that have occurred in relation to the implementation of teletandem activities, which implies changes from a non-integrated modality to an integrated one (Brammerts, 1996). In order to do so, a characterization of the initial context assumed by the project is presented – non-integrated institutional teletandem - in contrast with the new environment fostered by a partnership between UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista) and UGA (University of Georgia). This new partnership has allowed the inclusion of teletandem into the foreign language syllabus, characterizing the institutional integrated teletandem. We also show the activities derived from this new modality.

Author Biographies

Solange Aranha, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, São José do Rio Preto

Solange Aranha holds a PhD in Linguistics and Portuguese from Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araraquara, and a Masters’ degree in Applied Linguistics from LAEL – PUCSP. She is currently an Assistant Professor at UNESP – São José do Rio Preto, where she teaches and tutors both undergraduate and graduate students. Her research focus is on genres, foreign language teaching and learning, teletandem, and pedagogical use of technologies.

Suzi Marques Spatti Cavalari, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, São José do Rio Preto

Suzi Marques Cavalari concluded her PhD in 2009 in Applied Linguistics at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), at São José do Rio Preto. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the same university, where she teaches and carries out research projects both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research focus is on foreign language teaching and learning, autonomy, teletandem, and pedagogical use of technologies.

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Vol. 35 No. 2 (2014)

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