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

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

3. Week 1 (cont.) Lead-in task at:
a) Listening: Choosing an interview
* Vanessa Redgrave
* Tiffany
b) Writing: posting to blog

4. 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

5. 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

6. final synchronous task
skype presentation

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

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