Integration Of The E-Tandem Project in The Teaching and Learning of FLE: The APLA Center

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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_reitt/eitt.2026711238

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Immersive technologies ; E-tandem ; FLE ; communicative competence ; intercultural learning.

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Abstract: The use of technological tools has become an essential element in foreign language learning. They not only help develop digital skills but also support linguistic and communicative content as well as critical thinking. The APLA Center, through its E-Tandem program, promotes autonomous learning for students in the French Studies degree at the University of Seville, helping not only to develop communicative competence but also problem-solving skills and fostering the essential competencies for education in the 21st century.

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2026-04-30

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No. 7 (2026): Apprentissage et technologies immersives en FLE

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Integration Of The E-Tandem Project in The Teaching and Learning of FLE: The APLA Center. (2026). Revista educación, investigación, innovación Y Transferencia, 7, 98-118. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_reitt/eitt.2026711238