TESL Ontario’s Magazine for Language Teachers
Virtual exchange as a curriculum tool in EFL higher education for the development of intercultural competences, social awareness and global citizenship
Abstract
In an increasingly globalized world, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education cannot limit itself to the competent use of grammatical rules, phonology, and lexical accuracy, but it must offer students the opportunity for real encounters that aid their development of intercultural communicative competences, social awareness, and global citizenship—connecting the Global-North and the Global-South. This paper provides a…
CLIL as a Meaningful Pathway to Redefine Foreign Language Courses in Higher Education
Abstract
This article gives account of the pedagogical interplay that CLIL could have as an educational approach within a pre-selected undergraduate group of International Business students. It presents a proposal that considers the importance of providing learners with an embedded, functional and curricular model, in which languages and content interrelate simultaneously.…
