This document describes an international collaboration project between teachers Maria Bossa from Argentina and Ayat Tawel from Egypt. It outlines the stages of the project, including preparing students for a Skype interview, conducting the interview, and following up after the interview. Students were motivated to practice their English and learned about each other's cultures. The teachers continued collaborating by creating an ArgentEgypt Facebook group for further language exchange. The project showed that online tools can facilitate meaningful international partnerships between students.

1. AN INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION PROJECT
MARIA BOSSA – AYAT TAWEL
RSCON4
OCTOBER 12, 2013
ARGENTEGYPT

2. Let’s answer some questions
 Do you feel identified with any of these phrases?
Using computers in
class isn’t interactive.
Students could do
computer work at
home
My students
know much
more about
computers than
I do.
Students are only
interested in Social
Networks and playing
games
Why use
webtools if
I’ve a very
good course
book
Adapted from How to teach English with Technology
Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hocky
Pearson Longman – 2007

3. The end is another beginning
 Blended Learning BaW2011 / Week 5
 Wrapping up - Ideas for collaboration
 After BaW : socializing through different PLNs
 Collaboration project / Skype interviews

4. Before the Interview
Language context
 Clarifying the aims of the interview
 Motivating the students to practise their English in real time
Social context
 Talking to students about the teacher to be interviewed
Other preparations
 Question preparations on the part of the students
 Questions sent to the teacher so as to check topics

5. The Interview
 Students’ motivation
 Students’ participation
 Students’ understanding of the interviewed teacher

6. After the Interview
 Instant feedback from the students right after the conversation
I thought what would
happen if I didn’t
prepare any questions
It was exciting
though I didn’t
share
We learnt a lot of
things about Argentina
& had a great deal of
fun
It’s good to know about
other countries. I hope we
can do it with other
countries.
It was very interesting but I
blamed myself that I haven’t
shared in that interview
She had a
different
language

7. After the Interview – cont.
Happiness cause students understood the English
spoken by the other teacher
Motivation to go on with more interviews: people
from other countries (England, Pakistan)
Better and authentic language practice: Writing a
diary, an autobiography, a story, a dialogue

8. After the Interview – cont.
 Usage of extra web tools: www.photopeach.com
www.youtube.com
 Continual, on-going language practice
 The creation of the ArgentEgypt group in…

9. ARGENTEGYPT
 Facebook group
 Any member can post a comment or question
 Chat in English
 Arabic and Spanish learning: language, customs and
culture
 A range of topics:
greetings, birthdays, likes, festivals, interests

10. ARGENTEGYPT – pics

11. When there’s a will, there’s a way
Becoming a Webhead 2011 / 2012 / 2013
Facebook / Twitter
Socializing via Yahoo groups, YM and Skype
Other online seminars
 Life-long friendship

12. Meeting in Cairo – 2012/2013

13. “Pedagody needs to include the use of Internet” –
Sugata Matra – RSCON4 – October 2013
Thanks RSCON for this great opportunity
Ayat Al-Tawel
ayatawel@gmail.com
Maria Bossa
mariabossa1@hotmail.com