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Promoting Intercultural Critical Literacy among Moroccan University Students Through Online International Collaborative Education

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The present chapter aims to explore technology-mediated Task-Based Learning (TBL) as a stepping stone towards intercultural and internationalized learning. It starts by reviewing the research done on implementing TBL in technology-based learning and teaching. It revisits some crucial contributions related to the theory and practice of intercultural communication education. To illustrate this approach, the chapter re-examines and reviews the methodological organization of a Collaborative Online International Learning course (COIL), a program that aims at connecting classrooms, students, and faculties across the world. It discusses the end outcome of students’ collaboration; a sample COIL project of teachers and students from Morocco and the US is analysed and discussed in the light of such a synergistic approach. Cooperating students are reported to have bolstered their cross-cultural critical competence.

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El Boubekri, A. (2023). Promoting Intercultural Critical Literacy among Moroccan University Students Through Online International Collaborative Education. In: Sahlane, A., Pritchard, R. (eds) English as an International Language Education. English Language Education, vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34702-3_3

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