Technology and Language Teaching From Interculturality

Abstract

This article discusses the teaching-learning experience of Spanish language learning in an international, mul ticultural, and interdisciplinary environment, working with language, technology, arts and cultural studies departments, using readily available communication tools, and academic collaborations between universities and organizations in Eu rope, the United States, and Latin America. Students from diverse countries and cultures work together in teams, re motely meeting, communicating, and socializing, putting acquired knowledge into practice while learning the language and working on various projects. The intention of this project is to expand opportunities for using the language as a tool to complete a project, rather than studying language primarily by rote memorization of vocabulary and grammar. In a global world, using technology and communication tools that are readily available to all students and teachers, we can develop relationships from an almost infinite network of international universities and organizations, many eager to collaborate and reciprocate student learning projects. It is now practical for professors to creatively design reciprocal international multidisciplinary projects that allow students to work and socialize with peers internationally. These ini tial collaborations, discussed here, have provided a model and opened an exchange of knowledge and opportunities to provide students with a multidisciplinary international experience from an intercultural context.