Summary

Multicultural topic exchange between 14 Mexican students and 14 students of Padua University. Languages: Spanish & Italian. A Mexican teacher and me decided 4 topics for the discussion, 1 topic was chosen by the students. They should speak 30 min in Spanish and 30 minute in Italian about the topic.

Partners

Partner / department Course Language of instruction Number of students
University of Padua, Padua, Italy
CLA
Lingue e Mediazione Linguistica e Culturale 1° anno Spanish + Italian 56
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
CELE
Mediateca CELE, Proyecto Teletándem Spanish + Italian 18

Start and end date

Oct. 2014 – May 2016

Duration

4 semesters, each semester 5 sessions

Discipline

Languages

Integration and assessment

They should find material (online or printed) of their country before the session and discuss with the mexican partner. The teachers gave them a task for the personal reflection and self evaluation.

Technology tools used

– Learning environment

Web

– Collaboration tools

Skype

– Reflection tool

A self questionnaire