4. COILing Discrimination Narratives across Continents: A Virtual Exchange Project between a Community College in New York City and a Four-Year College in Jordan

Advancing Critical CALL across Institutions and Borders - Reimagining Possibilities for Languages, Literacies, and Cultures - Emma Britton

Deniz Gokcora [+-]
Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
Dr. Deniz Gokcora is an Associate Professor in the Department of Academic Literacy and Linguistics at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY. She teaches ESL courses as well as linguistics. Her research focuses on faculty development, reading and frequent quizzes, and the use of technology in second language acquisition. She has published papers in Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Journal of Virtual Exchange, International Journal of Academic Development, and others.
Raymond Oenbring [+-]
University of the Bahamas
Dr. Raymond Oenbring is Professor of English at the University of the Bahamas, where he serves as Writing Program Coordinator. He is an editor of Creole Composition: Academic Writing and Rhetoric in the Anglophone Caribbean, winner of the CCCC Outstanding Book Award and the MLA’s Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.

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The chapter overviews a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project bringing together community college students in New York City and paramedics students in Jordan where students produced and analyzed discrimination narratives. During the project, each student in a binational group crafted a narrative based on an interview with an individual in their community on their experiences of discrimination. Analyzing the discrimination narratives for similarities and differences, students made connections between the experiences of individuals in diverse environments, such as immigrants in the United States and Syrian refugees in Jordan. As a whole, this study highlights ways that computer-assisted language learning can be reimagined using contemporary digital technologies to lead to social and collaborative learning and to help students build connections between their experiences and larger social issues.

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Gokcora, Deniz; Oenbring, Raymond . 4. COILing Discrimination Narratives across Continents: A Virtual Exchange Project between a Community College in New York City and a Four-Year College in Jordan. Advancing Critical CALL across Institutions and Borders - Reimagining Possibilities for Languages, Literacies, and Cultures. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. Apr 2025. ISBN 9781800505674. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=46550. Date accessed: 21 Nov 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.46550. Apr 2025

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