Saying and doing: a multiliteracies analysis of preservice teachers' virtual exchange at the onset of COVID-19
2023 (English)In: Language and Intercultural Communication, ISSN 1470-8477, E-ISSN 1747-759XArticle in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]
Although co-creation of artefacts is a common practice in virtual exchange (VE), there are still few studies that explore the connection between collaboration on multimodal texts and student teachers' development of intercultural and pedagogical awareness. Based on a trinational VE, coincidentally developed during the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, this case-study explores how COVID-19, as the impromptu context for VE, fostered preservice teachers' intercultural and pedagogical perspectives. Through a multiliteracies approach, findings indicate that co-creation both generated and scaffolded intercultural dialogue and that, the disruption caused by the pandemic was experienced by students as an expansive learning opportunity.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2023.
Keywords [en]
Teacher education, multiliteracies, interculturality, virtual exchange, COVID-19
National Category
Pedagogy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-60893DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2199710ISI: 000972907700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85153494211OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-60893DiVA, id: diva2:1769265
2023-06-162023-06-162023-07-04Bibliographically approved