Des étudiants d'ailleurs construisent ici un blog communautaire

Abstract

This article describes an experiment which took place in a French as a Foreign Language class in a French university. The experiment consisted in constructing a class blog, based first on individual autobiographical writings of the students, followed by a phase of oral interaction about the intercultural experiences described. The analysis of the adventure shows how this interactive group phase was important to build reflection. The numeric aspect, that is to say the publishing of the final texts, played however a significant stimulating role in the process, generating a reflection on the differences between the two types of communication involved: the private one inside the classroom and the public one in the blogosphere.

Keywords

• interaction
• cross-cultural reflection
• class blog