Luo, H. (2023). Teaching Chinese Language and Culture Through Chinese-American Virtual Exchange: A Pedagogical Reflection. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 14(2), 76-92.
[骆涵. (2023). 虚拟文化交流与对外汉语教学：教学反思. 科技与中文教学 (Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching), 14(2), 76-92.]

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Despite its increasing popularity and widely reported success, the use of virtual exchange has not been very popular in the field of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). The Chinese language program at a U.S. liberal arts college has been experimenting with various types of virtual exchange projects in partnership with Chinese students at a Chinese university in China in the past years. To further promote virtual exchange in the CFL field, this article attempts to provide a pedagogical reflection of one of the telecollaborative exchanges implemented at this college, outlining the description of the exchange, the rationale of the project design, learning outcomes, pedagogical challenges, and practical implications for future Chinese-American virtual exchange projects. The positive learning outcomes of the described exchange indicate that the combination of the e-tandem model and the telecollaboration model poses a promising direction for future virtual exchanges. The reported pedagogical challenges reveal that Chinese language instructors need to take a wide range of factors into consideration in virtual exchange design, including time difference, target language proficiency gap, workload, task type, and more.

虚拟语言文化交流近年来在外语教学领域备受推崇，然而其在对外汉语教学中的运用并不广泛，有关中美虚拟语言文化交流的教学材料和教学反思也不多见。近几年来，美国一家文理学院的中文项目一直致力于中美虚拟语言文化交流的探索，积累了一些实战经验。为了促进虚拟语言文化交流在对外汉语领域的推广，本文针对该文理学院尝试的一项中美虚拟语言文化交流活动进行教学反思，从活动描述、设计理念、学习结果、教学挑战、教学启示和未来方向等角度分析如何在中文教学中有效使用中美虚拟语言文化交流。该交流项目的成功经验显示将网络语言交换和跨文化远程协作结合起来是可行的思路。同时，该项目所经历的挑战也表明对外汉语教师在设计虚拟语言文化交流时应该考虑多重因素，比如时差、目标语言能力差距、学生工作量、任务类型等等。