Developing transferable skills in virtual exchange

Abstract

This opening article for the Special Issue entitled Virtual Exchange and the Development of Transferable Skills: A Review of Practices Across Disciplines is setting out the current global workplace context, and discusses how Virtual Exchange and Task-Based Language Teaching can play their part in developing transferable skills and boosting participants’ employability.

Keywords

• virtual exchange
• study abroad
• blended learning
• action-oriented approach
• employability