Volume 30 Number 1, 2026 Teachers’ assessment journeys in a virtual exchange

Teachers’ assessment journeys in a virtual exchange

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Volume 30 Number 1, 2026
contributor.author:
Tuncer, Hülya Hagley, Eric Johnson, Andrew Cotter, Matthew
date.accessioned:
2026-05-19T12:43:17Z
date.available:
2026-05-19T12:43:17Z
date.copyright:
2026
date.issued:
2026-05-26
description.abstract:
Virtual Exchange (VE) has been gaining popularity amongst Foreign Language (FL) teachers as it allows students the opportunity to use the FL they are studying in real-world situations with peers around the world. While VE allows for extensive language production and the development of intercultural competence, the assessment of these aspects within VE poses significant challenges for teachers. Through the use of a qualitative descriptive design, this paper examines the assessment path eight teachers from six countries took as their students participated in a VE. It outlines the reasoning behind the assessment designs they chose, how they implemented them, the challenges they faced and the manner in which they overcame them. The teachers were surveyed and interviewed before and after participating in an eight-week, mainly asynchronous VE. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and then thematically analyzed as were the open-ended survey questions. Results show objectives of developing communicative and intercultural competence were major considerations when designing and implementing assessment of student participation in the VE. Most participants favored formative approaches and incorporated both quantitative and qualitative assessment to encourage intercultural communication. Analysis resulted in recommendations to help practitioners enhance their assessment of students’ participation in VE.
endingpage:
25
format.extent:
25
identifier.citation:
Tuncer, H., Hagley, E., Johnson, A., & Cotter, M. (2026). Teachers’ assessment journeys in a virtual exchange. Language Learning & Technology, 30(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73677
identifier.doi:
https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73677
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73677
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73677/
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1
subject:
assessment, virtual exchange, foreign language learning, intercultural competence
title:
Teachers’ assessment journeys in a virtual exchange
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Article Text
volume:
30