Brazilian culture from Teletandem interactants’ point of view

Authors

  • Aline de Souza Brocco EMEF Profa. Lúcia Novais Brandão, Cedral; UNESP - São José do Rio Preto
  • Janara Barbosa Baptista UNESP - São José do Rio Preto

Keywords:

teletandem, culture, identity, difference, generalization, stereotype.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how two Brazilian interactants build their culture to two foreign interactants in a teletandem context, as this environment is considered propitious to the exchange of cultural aspects. The analyzed data indicated that there were comparisons between cultures, generalizations, and stereotype constructions due to the individualization of the culture from the Brazilians’ point of view. One of the analyzed pairs presented a larger exchange of cultural information probably due to level of proficiency, integration, individual characteristics and interest.

Author Biographies

Aline de Souza Brocco, EMEF Profa. Lúcia Novais Brandão, Cedral; UNESP - São José do Rio Preto

Aline de Souza Brocco holds an undergraduate degree in Languages from the Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP - (2006) and a Master’s Degree in Linguistics (2009) from the same institution. She is currently a doctoral student in Linguistics at UNESP and a Portuguese teacher in a municipal school. She was a scholar at UNESP in the following courses: Applied Linguistics: native language teaching and Supervised Curricular Practice II: native language. Her field of research is Linguistics, with emphasis on Applied Linguistics - Teaching and Learning Portuguese as a foreign language and distance education.

Janara Barbosa Baptista, UNESP - São José do Rio Preto

Janara Barbosa Baptista holds an undergraduate degree in Translation Studies from the Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP – (2006) and a Master’s Degree in Linguistics (2008) from the same institution. She is currently a doctoral student in Linguistics at UNESP. Her field of research is Linguistics, with emphasis on Applied Linguistics, mainly on the following topics: foreign language teacher education and new technologies, interlanguage, fossilization and individual characteristics.

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Vol. 35 No. 2 (2014)

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