Spanish students Alba, Álvaro, Diego and Javi talking about their experience with a Virtual Exchange between IES El Quint (Spain) and Nuenens College (Netherlands)

Spanish students David, Alejandra, Irene and Samantha talking about their experience with a Virtual Exchange between IES El Quint (Spain) and Nuenens College (Netherlands)

The virtual exchange (VE) partnership between two secondary schools: Antoniano School in Spain and Lek en Linge in the Netherlands was designed to foster cultural understanding and language learning. Communication was conducted in English (Spanish students: B1 level) and Spanish (Dutch students: A2 level).

The two Dutch students Yassin and Yonathan discuss their experiences and opinions about their recent Virtual Exchange. What did they learn about the different cultures? How did this improve their Spanish language learning?

Five questions for six students. Ana, Ángel, Diego, Javi, Lucia and Marina tell us about previous experiences with Virtual Reality, their opinion about VR in language class and about overcoming their "shy"-ness with VR.

Eight French primary school students Antoine, Camille, Celestine, Cléa, Colette, Eleo, Jeonne and Matisse vividly remember their VE-experience with the Spanish school. Together, they wrote the "Book of Monsters" and in the process they made some real friends abroad!

Spanish students Ángela, Isabel and María share their first impressions about the VR-Goggles in the Virtual World FrameVR.

Meet Romme, Stijn & Tijn. They are students of Annika, an English teacher from Amstelveen (Netherlands) and participated in a virtual exchange with students Lola, Lucia & Sandra from València (Spain). They discuss their experiences with each other and with us.

Meet Romme, Stijn & Tijn. They are students of Annika, an English teacher from Amstelveen (Netherlands) and participated in a virtual exchange with students Lola, Lucia & Sandra from València (Spain). They discuss their experiences with each other and with us. [DUTCH SUBTITLES]

German teachers Maikel and Bart, both from the Netherlands, share their experience with a Virtual Exchange between their German class, and a German class from India.  [ENGLISH]

German teachers Maikel and Bart, both from the Netherlands, share their experience with a Virtual Exchange between their German class, and a German class from India.  [DUTCH]

Two primary school teachers Concha (from Spain) and Aude (from France) discuss their 3-years partnership and the benefits their students have to improve their English as well as their cultural skills, by joining a Virtual Exchange.

Meet Annika, an English teacher from the Amstelveen (Netherlands). Her students Romme, Stijn & Tijn participated in a virtual exchange with students Lola, Lucia & Sandra from València (Spain). They discuss their experiences with each other and with us.

Meet Annika, an English teacher from the Amstelveen (Netherlands). Her students Romme, Stijn & Tijn participated in a virtual exchange with students Lola, Lucia & Sandra from València (Spain). They discuss their experiences with each other and with us. [DUTCH SUBTITLES]

Marleen, an English teacher from the Netherlands, explains to parents why VEs are valuable in their child's education. [ENGLISH]

Marleen, an English teacher from the Netherlands, explains to parents why VEs are valuable in their child's education. [DUTCH]

Language Teachers Alejandro, Immaculada and Paloma from Spanish primary schools and Language Teachers Alfredo, Lola and Maria from secondary schools in Spain and teacher trainer Abraham Cerveró Carrascosa explain why they decided to join similar projects in the past.

Language Teachers Yana (Ukraine), Annika (NL), Mayte (NL) and Language Teachers Trainee Petra (NL), Margot (France) and Charlotte (NL) explain why Virtual Exchanges are important for them and their students.

Rick de Graaff (Professor of Foreign Language Education and Bilingual Education - University Utrecht), shares his thoughts about VE in Higher Education: Challenges and Future trends

Tanya Riordan (Course Leader for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education for modern foreign languages - University of Porthsmouth), shares her experience with VE's

In October 2024 the region València in Spain was flooded. Charo López Contreras (Professor of English - Florida Universitària) explains how VE's are a valuable part of the education in such situation. 

Dr. Abraham Cerveró Carrascosa (Language and Literature Teaching - Universitat de València) and Language Teachers Alejandro, Immaculada and Paloma from Spanish primary schools and Language Teachers Alfredo, Lola and Maria from secondary schools in Spain explain why they decided to join similar projects in the past.

Mayte Ibáñez (language teacher educator - Radboud Teacher Academy) explains the role Virtual Exchanges will have in the new Dutch curriculum for foreign languages.

Students Enric, María, Martina, Estela, Nayara and Elena from the University of València find their English class in the Virtual World FrameVR "highly recommendable".

The Virtual Exchange (VE) programme at Utrecht University (UU) connects nineteen trainee teachers with peers from Clermont-Auvergne University (France, for English), KU Leuven (Belgium, for Dutch), and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia, for Spanish).

Language Teachers Trainees Petra (NL), Margot (France) and Charlotte (NL) and Language Teachers Yana (Ukraine), Annika (NL) and  Mayte (NL) explain why Virtual Exchanges are important for them and their students.