A ‘Glocal’  Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET

Marina Orsini-Jones; Abraham Cervero' Carrascosa; Kyria Finardi

doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2

A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET

Marina Orsini-Jones, Abraham Cervero' Carrascosa, Kyria Finardi

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Abstract

This chapter reports on the project ‘Blending MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) into English Language Teaching (ELT) Education with Telecollaboration (BMELTET)’. BMELTET aims to foster reflection on ELT with a COIL-(Collaborative Online International Learning) MOOC blend. It promotes the engagement of international students based in the UK and studying on a Master’s degree in ELT, with students and staff based in universities in Brazil, China and Spain and with the participants on the MOOC from all over the world. BMELTET aims to debunk the myth of the ‘native speaker’ as the ideal teacher of English language, thus decolonising ELT through dialogic online intercultural exchanges in a safe ‘Third Space’. Data were collected via two online surveys, the analysis of the ‘live’ Zoom exchanges and focus groups with self-selected groups of students. This chapter reports on the impact that BMELTET had on the international students involved in it.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students
Editors	Clayton Smith, George Zhou
Publisher	IGI Global
Chapter	16
Pages	306-325
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781799889212, 9781799889229
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2
Publication status	Published - May 2022

Keywords

Blended, COIL, Reflection, International Students, Global Englishes, ELT Curriculum, Telecollaboration, MOOCs, Third space

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities(all)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2

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Orsini-Jones, M., Cervero' Carrascosa, A., & Finardi, K. (2022). A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET . In C. Smith, & G. Zhou (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students (pp. 306-325). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2

A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET . / Orsini-Jones, Marina; Cervero' Carrascosa, Abraham; Finardi, Kyria.
Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students. ed. / Clayton Smith; George Zhou. IGI Global, 2022. p. 306-325.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Orsini-Jones, M, Cervero' Carrascosa, A & Finardi, K 2022, A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET . in C Smith & G Zhou (eds), Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students. IGI Global, pp. 306-325. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2

Orsini-Jones M, Cervero' Carrascosa A, Finardi K. A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET . In Smith C, Zhou G, editors, Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students. IGI Global. 2022. p. 306-325 doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2

Orsini-Jones, Marina ; Cervero' Carrascosa, Abraham ; Finardi, Kyria. / A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK : Project BMELTET . Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students. editor / Clayton Smith ; George Zhou. IGI Global, 2022. pp. 306-325

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A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET

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Exploring the Impact of Virtual Exchange on Teacher Education

ACOILIaHC19: Affordances of COIL for IaH (Internationalisation at Home) during the Covid-19 pandemic: reporting on a Brazil/UK COIL-MOOC blend

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A ‘Glocal’ Community of Practice to Support International ELT (English Language Teaching) Students in the UK: Project BMELTET

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UN SDGs

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Exploring the Impact of Virtual Exchange on Teacher Education

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ACOILIaHC19: Affordances of COIL for IaH (Internationalisation at Home) during the Covid-19 pandemic: reporting on a Brazil/UK COIL-MOOC blend

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