Virtual Exchange as a Third Space to Decolonise ELT (VETSDELT) project: report on its first action-research cycle

Authors

Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Júnior
Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil and Coventry University, UK

Synopsis

This paper aims to report on the VETSDELT (Virtual Exchange as a Third Space to Decolonise English Language Teaching) project. Its focus was to stimulate a reflection on English, ELT, and the ‘native-speakerism’ ideology through a Virtual Exchange (VE) as a safe Third Space. The paper illustrates how students and tutors engaged in English language teacher education in universities in Brazil, Spain, the UK, and Sri Lanka reflected on ELT in a series of synchronous dialogic sessions on Zoom. The paper reports on the initial findings stemming from cycle one of VETSDELT, which ran between November and December 2022 and involved 44 participants. The initial data analysis showed that VE could facilitate intercultural and international knowledge exchange in a safe Third (online) Space.

Author Biography

Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Júnior, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil and Coventry University, UK

Mr Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Júnior is a PhD candidate studying on a co-tutelle doctoral institutional agreement between the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil, and Coventry University (CovUni), UK, and his dissertation title is: Virtual Exchange as a Third Space to Decolonize ELT. His research interests include Internationalization of Higher Education, Internationalization at Home (IaH), and Internationalization of the Curriculum (IoC) with a focus on language teacher education and Virtual Exchange (VE). He has published on the integration of technology in English teacher education. His most recent published work focused on the integration of Virtual Exchange (VE) projects in English Teacher Education in the Brazilian Higher Education context.

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Volume

Discussing Global Citizenship through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) - Virtual Exchange (VE) in Language Learning and Teaching: Symposium Proceedings

Pages

42-49

Published

October 16, 2023

Series

Conference Proceedings
Copyright (c) 2023 Coventry Open Press

License

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How to Cite

(Ed.). (2023). Virtual Exchange as a Third Space to Decolonise ELT (VETSDELT) project: report on its first action-research cycle. In Discussing Global Citizenship through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) - Virtual Exchange (VE) in Language Learning and Teaching: Symposium Proceedings (pp. 42-49). Coventry Open Press. https://monographs.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/covop/catalog/book/1/chapter/5