17th Annual CamTESOL VIRTUAL Conference, ‘Actions and Innovations in Teaching and Learning’, Phnum-Penh, Kamboçya, 5 - 07 Şubat 2021, ss.56
The phrase "Global community" is thrown around a lot but is
experienced by few students studying EFL. The International Virtual Exchange
Project is changing that. Over the last 5 years more than 20,000 students from
20 countries interacted with each other online via this project. These students
now have a better idea of what it means to communicate with people around the
world - this experience puts them in good stead to feeling more confident in
future international interactions. Students have authentic communication with
non-native speakers and, because of this, have access to non-native use of
English. Students often have to negotiate meaning because of this and acquiring
this skill is essential to developing better communication. Employers will
appreciate students with a better understanding of non-native English writing
and speaking as these will be the people that most people will be communicating
in English with in the coming century. The project will be outlined and some
results from research done on participating students presented.