1. Cross-cultural Projects to Enhance Communication Rita Zeinstejer Rosario Argentina

2. Two environments blog: Sharing Learning wiki: Sharing Culture

3. objectives familiarize learners with technology allow them to practise English in authentic, meaningful situations contact English speaking people from other countries raise awareness of the importance of going global help students hone the four skills expand learners' cultural understanding and horizons

4. both allow uploading of files and photos by different users Blogs structured highly personal focus: process administered by one individual editable by creator chronologically organized Wikis flexible intensively collaborative focus: content open to anybody editable by anyone organized in innumerable ways

5. wiki Project work with Webheads http://caeb2008.pbwiki.com/ http://caeb2008.pbwiki.com/ collaborative writing maps images photos audio

6. Project work with Webheads Collaborative project “What you know about the interviewee’s country and what you’d like to know”

7. Stages of the Project Introduction: class discussion “purpose of studying a second language”. Intro: countries and teachers involved: brainstorming knowledge on different cultures Agenda: setting the rules preparation: in class wiki: in MM room live interview recordings uploaded follow-up: in the classroom: what they learned reporting: written task

8. What the project with ten members of WIA from nine different countries implied for my students: honing listening and speaking skills expanding vocabulary using the language in authentic situations using English with native/non-native teachers of the language communicating safely learning about other cultures boosting their self-confidence raising awareness on the importance of learning English

9. blog Classblog: http://ritamz.ning.com/http://ritamz.ning.com/ Project work Discussion forums Links for extra practice Tools and apps Individual blogs

10. Project work with students fom Korea Prof. Sook Whan Cho (Korea), from International Writing Exchange Projects (IWE) http://www.writeit.to/sys/ essay postings classblog exchanges individual blogs exchanges http://ritamz.ning.com/profile/HongSeongBeom http://ritamz.ning.com/profile/RanHur

11. What the project with students from Korea implied for my students: using English in authentic contexts communicating safely gaining cultural input gaining self confidence gaining new contacts exposure to new experiences using state-of-the-art technology Essays published in our classblog on: international marriages : example of weddings in Japan and Korea, with photos/images differences between oriental/occidental cultures: costumes, food, festivities, table manners, etiquette, art.

12. Students’ feedback http://ritamz.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1985596%3ABlogPo st%3A4621http://ritamz.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1985596%3ABlogPo st%3A4621 In SLIDESHARE: http://www.slideshare.net/RitaZ/cross- cultural-projects-to-enhance-communication- presentation/ http://www.slideshare.net/RitaZ/cross- cultural-projects-to-enhance-communication- presentation/