Developing Intercultural Understanding Via the Internet: Canadian Student Teachers and English Students in China Study World Literature Together

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Greenlaw, J. (2001). Developing Intercultural Understanding Via the Internet: Canadian Student Teachers and English Students in China Study World Literature Together. In J. Price et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (pp. 328-333). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2001
Norfolk, VA
2001
ISBN 1-880094-41-X
  Jerry Price, Dee Anna Willis, Niki Davis & Jerry Willis
AACE

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Jim Greenlaw, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada

Abstract

In this project English students at a Chinese university and Secondary English Education student teachers at a Canadian University used e-mail to discuss with each other their interpretations of short stories from fifteen different countries. The purpose of this activity was to develop the participants' intercultural understanding and literary critical skills through collaborative responses to world literature. At the same time the Canadian student teachers gained valuable experience at tutoring ESL students. Through the application of postcolonial pedagogical theory, I attempt in this paper to explain what the students have learned from each other.

Keywords

• Secondary Education
• Students
• Teachers

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