A telecolaboração como facilitadora do diálogo intercultural no Instituto Federal Catarinense

Abstract

The impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), bearing in mind the large number of educators and students who have been using them, is seen as revolutionary. Telecollaborative activities, made possible by the use of ICTs, allow, through the contact between people from different countries and cultures, the practice of English. This article seeks to discuss the potential of telecollaboration in facilitating the intercultural dialogue in the English classes at Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC). This study includes scholars’ theoretical contributions such as O’Dowd (2006, 2019), Telles (2015), Byram (2016), Sequeira (2018), among others. The results show that, due to its dialogical nature (O’DOWD, 2003, 2021; THORNE, 2006; BELZ, 2007; HELM, 2016), telecollaboration enables the discussion in English of various subjects among students of different cultural references. Therefore, we suggest that telecollaborative activities are at the service of teachers, who can mediate the encounter between students, languages and cultures, integrating more meaningful practices and contacts into their pedagogical action.