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Telecollaboration relates to the use of online technologies in the context of language teaching and learning (O’Dowd, 2013). This study aimed at discussing how pedagogical mediation can contribute to the co-construction of interculturality in teletandem, the specific “mode of telecollaboration” (Telles, 2015a:604) in my research. Data analysis showed that opportunities for at least initial steps of a decentering attitude (Liddicoat & Scarino, 2013) came about due to pedagogical mediation, which means that teacher-mediators can encourage discussions that go beyond superficial cultural representations in the teletandem context.

Telecollaboration involves the use of online technologies in the context of language teaching and learning (O’DOWD, 2013). This study sought to understand how the co-construction of interculturality took place in a specific telecollaborative context - teletandem (TELLES; VASSALLO, 2006; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). For the analysis, data from a teletandem session, a mediation session, an experience report and an interview were included. From an ecological perspective (VAN LIER, 2004; KRAMSCH; STEFFENSEN, 2008), the outcomes showed that the co-construction of interculturality was a process, that is, it occurred over time and through different instances. Put differently, instances subsequent to the teletandem session, e.g. the mediation session and the experience report, were essential for this co-construction.

O uso da Internet na área do ensino e aprendizagem de línguas destaca-se como objeto de estudos. No entanto, não há revisão de trabalhos sobre a negociação de significados em contextos telecolaborativos, possibilitados pelo uso da Internet. Essa constatação, assim como a relevância de revisões de literatura, nos ajudou a delinear o objetivo desse estudo, qual seja, compreender a relação entre o uso da telecolaboração e a negociação de assuntos interculturais por quatro trabalhos: Understanding the ‘Other Side’: Intercultural Learning in a Spanish-English E-mail Exchange (O’DOWD, 2003); The use of vídeo conferencing and e-mail as mediators of intercultural student ethnography (O’DOWD, 2006); Using e-learning to develop intercultural awareness in ELT: a critical evaluation in a Thai higher education setting (BAKER, 2012a); e  Exploring ‘new’ interculturality online (DERVIN, 2014). A análise apontou que o contato entre culturas diferentes não garante o entendimento intercultural e que o conceito de cultura permanece associado com uma concepção essencialmente nacional.

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