Electronic Appearances in Teil Instruction – Expanding Intercultural Teacher Training with Telecollaborative Activities

Jarosław Krajka

doi:10.18290/rh.2019.67.10-5

Jarosław Krajka Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh.2019.67.10-5

Keywords: TEIL; telecollaboration; electronic appearances; teacher training

Abstract

While a great amount of research has been devoted to defining and developing intercultural competence and intercultural communicative competence of learners, fewer studies have focused upon the competences needed to choose materials and methods, plan, organise and implement language teaching in a culturally-sensitive way (e.g., Farrell and Martin 2009; Krajka 2010; Wysocka 2013). Focusing on global dimensions of language teaching has become a must in contemporary Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) education, and skilful integration of telecollaborative projects can authenticate culture-sensitive teacher education. The paper shows the use of a selected telecollaborative format, ‘electronic appearances’, to supplement Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL) class at a post-graduate TEFL programme.

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