%0 Journal Article
%T Telecollaboration in Spanish as a Foreign Language in Trinidad
%A Neva
%A Carolina
%A Landa-Buil
%A Mar¨Şa
%A Carter
%A Beverly-Anne
%A Ibrahim-Ali
%A Amina
%J ¨Şkala, Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura
%D 2010
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X objective: to study how participation in tandem partnership influences the motivation towards the target language and culture and the autonomy of learners of spanish as a foreign language in trinidad and tobago. method: an action research project was conducted with 33 learners of spanish in trinidad and 33 learners of english in colombia, who engaged in a seven week telecollaboration during which they used email and web 2.0 technologies to communicate. data were collected through questionnaires and a weekly journal. quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out. results: the objectives of the project were all met. conclusions: the project was a rich source of learning for all the participants and stresses the need of a deeper understanding of learners' language learning, an analysis of the sociocultural, psycholinguistic, and linguistic dimensions of intercultural competence in a specific context, and the critical assessment of the role of web 2.0 technologies in fostering autonomy.
%K telecollaboration
%K spanish as a foreign language
%K new technologies
%K learner autonomy
%K intercultural competence.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-34322010000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en