Identity construction in telecollaborative activies negotiating subject positions

• Published in: Educação temática digital Vol. 25; p. e023039
• Main Authors: Schaefer, Rodrigo, Heemann, Christiane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Campinas Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação 14.09.2023
• Subjects: College students; Colleges & universities; Computer assisted language learning; Computer mediated communication; Cultural identity; Culture; Foreign language learning; Goodness of Fit; Intercultural communication; Language; Language instruction; Mediation; Mediators; Science Fiction; Social media; Teaching
• ISSN: 1676-2592; 1676-2592
• DOI: 10.20396/etd.v25i00.8667071

O’Dowd (2018) defines telecollaboration as the use of online technologies in the context of language teaching and learning between students who are geographically dispersed. For Risager (2007), interaction between individuals from different cultures gives rise to cultural representations and, as Rodrigues (2013) puts it, such an interaction triggers the participants’ cultural identities. In this sense, this study sought to explore identity construction through cultural representations in telecollaborative activities. For the interpretative analysis, which was based on scholars such as Tajfel and Turner (1979), Woodward (2000), Salomão (2011) and Dervin (2014), data from telecollaborative sessions, a mediation session, an experience report, Facebook private messages and an interview were included. The outcomes revealed that the participants, through the telecollaborative activities, could highlight people’s characteristics according to specific social groups, in addition to having had an occasion to express dissatisfaction regarding particular issues.