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Fences and Fatalism: Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in a Digital Age
Pete Smith and Konstantin ShestakovTCC 2011 Worldwide Online ConferenceArlington, Texas & Omsk, RussiaApril, 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
communicative language practice:
4 students & native speaker
communicative language practice:
4 students & native speaker
communicative language practice:
4 students & native speaker
language learning
strategies: 12 students
& faculty mentor
interactive language seminar:
12 students & professor
VLS Beginning Russian: Schedule
MWF: classes with native
speakerThurs: faculty seminar
Tues class: becoming a reflective networked
learner
Cultural Blog: Russian for the
Internet AgeSyllabus
Virtual Language Studies Beginning Russian
VLS Beginning Russian: Russia And Russian Today
Drake University Virtual Language Studies
Communicating Abroad Project
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VLS Beginning Russian: Communicating Abroad Project
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VLS Beginning Russian: Communicating Abroad Project
Cultural Theme: Uncertainty
Avoidance
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Plan: Communicating Abroad Project
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Questionnaire: “Power Distance”
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Questionnaire: “Power Distance”
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Participant Email Exchange
16
Student Chat
Student-Prepared Slides Support Interaction
Student-Prepared Slides (con’t.)
Video Presentation in Student Exchange
VLS-Omsk Law“Communicating Abroad
Project”
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Student Reports
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Compensating Strategies in Virtual Exchanges
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Causes of Communication Breakdown
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Strategies for Language Learners to Co-Create Meaning
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Student Attitudes
U.S. ContactPete SmithUniversity of Texas—Arlington [email protected]
Russia ContactKonstantin ShestakovOmsk Law University [email protected]