an intercultural project between Kuwaiti and Argentinian teachers and students 2005 Buthaina Al Othman Rita Zeinstejer

asynchronous stage week 1: welcoming visitors at CAE Students´ blog in Rosario, Argentina: http://cae2005.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_cae2005_archive.html intros: * personal info: students’ interests, maps, photos, images – personal / cities. * expectations about project.

Week 1 (cont.) Lead-in task at: http://alothman-b.tripod.com/skypeproject_activities.htm a) Listening: Choosing an interview * Vanessa Redgrave * Tiffany b) Writing: posting to blog

synchronous stage *rehearsal session: instructions posted in the blog week 2 speaking task: meeting on Skype – *rehearsal session: instructions posted in the blog *aims: exchanging cultural similarities and differences in both societies, practice of their target language, learning through sharing

week 2 (cont.) sound file uploaded songs posted links to websites on local culture and traditions photos and maps open interaction handouts for final oral presentation

final synchronous task skype presentation

follow-up tasks podcasting: conversion and uploading of mp3 audio files writing activities: *editing a blog entry *report: “A Successful Cross-cultural Experience”

conclusions students´ feedback evaluation of students´ performance evaluation of task achievement self-evaluation