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This document outlines a communicative language learning project between Beginning Russian students at Drake University and students at Omsk Law University in Russia. The project aims to develop intercultural communicative competence through online exchanges. Students will explore cultural themes, complete questionnaires, engage in email and chat exchanges, give presentations, and report on their experiences. The goal is for language learners to co-create meaning and use compensatory strategies when communication breaks down due to cultural differences or language barriers. The project is facilitated by instructors Pete Smith in the U.S. and Konstantin Shestakov in Russia.
11060 smithshestakovfences 2
- 1. Fences and Fatalism: Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in a Digital Age Pete Smith and Konstantin Shestakov TCC 2011 Worldwide Online Conference Arlington, Texas & Omsk, Russia April, 2011
- 2. VLS Beginning Russian: Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday communicative language communicative interactive communicative language learning language language language practice: strategies: practice: seminar: practice: 4 students & 12 students 4 students & 12 students 4 students & native speaker & faculty mentor native speaker & professor native speaker
- 4. Virtual Language Studies Beginning Russian Cultural Blog: Tues class: Russian for the becoming a Syllabus Internet Age reflective networked learner MWF: classes with native Thurs: speaker faculty seminar
- 5. VLS Beginning Russian: Russia And Russian Today
- 6. Drake University Virtual Language Studies
- 9. VLS Beginning Russian: Communicating Abroad Project 9
- 10. VLS Beginning Russian: Communicating Abroad Project 10
- 11. Cultural Theme: Uncertainty Avoidance
- 12. Plan: Communicating Abroad Project 12
- 15. Participant Email Exchange 15
- 16. Student Chat 16
- 17. Student-Prepared Slides Support Interaction
- 18. Student-Prepared Slides (con’t.)
- 19. Video Presentation in Student Exchange
- 20. VLS-Omsk Law “Communicating Abroad Project”
- 21. Student Reports 21
- 22. Compensating Strategies in Virtual Exchanges 22
- 23. Causes of Communication Breakdown 23
- 24. Strategies for Language Learners to Co-Create Meaning 24
- 25. Student Attitudes 25
- 27. U.S. Contact Pete Smith University of Texas—Arlington [email protected] Russia Contact Konstantin Shestakov Omsk Law University [email protected]