Interactive teaching, crosscultural competence and virtual environments. The NIFLAR project (Networked Interaction in Foreign Language Acquisition and Research)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17398/1888-4067.4.61Keywords:
NIFLAR, virtual worlds, intercultural awareness, SLA, video web communicationAbstract
Description of the aims and results of the international project
NIFLAR, (Networked Interaction in Foreign Language Acquisition and
Research; www.niflar.eu), granted by the European Union for two
years (2009-2010). Coordinated by the University of Utrecht and with
the cooperation of universities from different countries, NIFLAR wants
to implement foreign language education in Spanish, Dutch,
Portuguese and Russian through two innovative e-learning
environments: video web communication (VWC) and virtual worlds
(Second Life, 3D VW). The project is addressed to the research, design
and experimentation through education strategies based on new
technologies in foreign language education, and it is oriented to
interactive apprenticeship and intercultural awareness.
Keywords: NIFLAR – video web communication – virtual worlds –
intercultural awareness – SLA
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