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Title of the Project
SpEakWise
Brief description
SpEakWise combines new technologies (WebCT, Moodle, Survey Monkey, Video-conferencing) with more traditional approaches to teaching and learning. The aim is to raise cultural awareness and pragmatic linguistic competence. Third-level students develop their intercultural communication skills through the target language in partnership with students following the same course in another European university. Participants are final-year students of Business Studies and German. SpEakWise enables students to explore and test intercultural communication and to engage in problem-solving and decision-making in German. Activities include non-participant observation, critical incident analysis, discourse completion tests, reflective journal writing and video-conference negotiation.
Country
Ireland
Year
2010
Target Language
German
Sector
Higher Education
Further Information

THE NELLIP NETWORK’S PERSPECTIVE

THE NATIONAL AGENCY’S PERSPECTIVE

Motivations

Interesting and focused project that demonstrated very good processes and outcomes.

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Date: 2014.10.29

Posted by Finn Johnson (Ireland)

Message: To create language projects using new technologies is the way to go. It should be promoted and replicated. A very useful project for business students.

Date: 2014.07.02

Posted by Franco Perla (Italy)

Message: Authentic intercultural communication is an important activity for all students, but in the language learning classroom, this kind of activities are limited. From this point of view SpEakWise is an interesting initiative.
At the same time, the use of new technologies as WebCT, Moodle, Survey Monkey, and video-conferencing enhances students’ interest and involvement. I think it would be a good idea to include in the initiatives the use of social networks.

21 December 2014

Audio- video presentation of the NELLIP project

An audio- video presentation of the NELLIP project has been created and made available in the Information section of the NELLIP portal. To access the presentation please click here: http://nellip.pixel-online.org/IF_intro.php.