Intercultural Communication
and
Collaboration
Coming in 2022
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Our Mission
What is Level Up Village Global Connections?
Level Up Village connects students from around the world for a unique, cultural exploration. Guided by our carefully curated content, students build intercultural communication skills and collaborate with their global peers to explore key cultural products, practices, and perspectives through our safe and secure online platform.
A pairing system that allows you to find and connect with the best global partner match for you.
Courses with objectives that tie directly to the World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages
Flexible modules adapt to your classroom needs with 2-6 weeks of collaboration time
Real-world tasks that focus on building intercultural communication skills
Can-do self-assessment to help students reflect, make comparisons, and develop cultural awareness
How does it work?
Sra. Smith and Mr. Perez join the LUV community of global educators.
Sra. Smith’s Spanish class in Boston is matched with Mr. Perez’s English class in La Paz.
Students in both classes create an online profile and get to know their global peers.
Students investigate cultural topics & interact through a series of asynchronous videos & responses based on assigned topics & tasks.
Students make cultural comparisons and reflect upon cultural products practices and perspectives.
How are Global Connections courses structured?
Introduce
Students securely exchange introductory videos in order to get to know their global peers, lower the affective filter, and build empathy.
Investigate
Interact
Students view their peers’ videos, make real-world cultural connections, and continue the conversation through video or text.
Reflect
Through class discussion and a short written reflection, students think critically about what they have learned, make cultural comparisons, and expand their awareness of cultural products, practices, and perspectives.