Construction of international communities in Portuguese

We present a proposal for research, development and construction of international communities in Portuguese, using digital platforms. The idea was born following an international conference on distance teaching and learning, in which a meeting on “E-learning and Portuguese-language culture’ was promoted. The established contacts gave place to a new project to stimulate learning communities via Internet (so far the countries involved are Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique but, in a near future other Portuguese-speaking communities will be able to participate). The theoretical framework is provided by Vigotsky’s ideas on learning contexts. KEYWORDS Portuguese-language culture, learning communities, Vigostky, Portuguese language, Web cooperation

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: IJWBC
• Authors: J. C. Paiva, Alfredo Matta
• Keywords: IJWBC 2007, International Communities, Learning Communities, Portuguese-language Culture