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Publication Date: 2020-Nov-23
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Integrating Soliya's Connect Programmes into a Language Course and into a Liberal Arts and Sciences Degree
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This chapter presents how I integrated Virtual Exchange (VE) programmes delivered by Soliya in two courses at an international undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college. In both cases the VE programme was fully integrated in the courses as a graded element. The students of beginner Italian participated in the four-week long Connect Express. While liking the experience, they found that the VE was still too disconnected from their aim of learning a language. The students of Intercultural Communication (IC) participated in the eight-week long Connect Global. For them, the success of the experience was linked to the group composition and the English proficiency level of participants. [For the complete volume, "Designing and Implementing Virtual Exchange -- A Collection of Case Studies," see ED609252.]
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Science Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Exchange Programs, International Education, Undergraduate Students, Intercultural Communication, Program Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Teacher Role, Virtual Classrooms, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Student Attitudes, Italian, Distance Education, Asynchronous Communication
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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