Virtual exchange as a means of acquiring professional and cultural knowledge: suggestions for partnerships for the learning of Spanish in logistics courses

Abstract

Seeking innovation and enrichment in the teaching forms of a university student, this article, anchored in a theoretical study, carried out through bibliographic research, aims to discuss the process of internationalization in the educational sphere, in order to highlight the importance of virtual exchanges nowadays, which, due to the global pandemic situation, have increased exponentially. For this, it was also presented the relevance of international collaborative projects, promoted by Fatecs, with the intention of demonstrating how the study partnership with foreign universities can contribute to the improvement of linguistic, technical and multicultural skills of the students involved. In this sense, this study, in view of the teaching of Spanish in logistics courses offered by Fatecs, besides having the purpose of reporting the importance of this language in the world scenario, also suggests possibilities of partnerships between Hispanic-speaking universities so that the participating students can improve the language and technical skills inherent to their area of activity. The research does not have the purpose of formalizing such internationalization processes, since bureaucratic procedures precede them, but aims to contribute with alternative partnerships that can serve as a basis for the deepening of contents related to the Spanish language and logistics.