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I loved this program, I loved learning about their culture and I would love to take this course again, everyone was so nice and friendly. I would definitely recommend this course to another student because it was an amazing experience.

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It was a great experience for me and my students. I've learned a lot with my partners. Allene presented us technological tools that I haven't used before and some new ideas, such as the concept of vision board, which I will put them in practice in my English classes. My students, who are in the IT area, enjoyed to work with these technologies.

In relation to the tasks and the COIL project, it was simple, but very interesting. American and Brazilian students found many things in common and they were surprised and liked the experience.

The challenge for my students was to speak due to shyness, however, they had the opportunity to reflect on how much effort they need to make to develop their communication.

The main constraint was the lack of time, we had less than three weeks, therefore, students didn't have opportunities to interact out of the syncronous meetings. Another important issue was the number of students, we had about 60 students in total. In my opinion it is more challenging to work with a large group.

Finally, I'd like to thank you SUNY coordinators and professors for sharing COIL knowledge with us. Now, I can plan my COIL projects better.

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I would just like to say how thankful I am for this amazing experience and opportunity. Taking this course has to be in my top ten favorite things I've ever done. Honestly I really miss talking to everyone, I always had so much fun and if given the chance I would 100% take it this course again. Even now that I'm officially four weeks into my first semester I still think about everyone and wonder how they're all doing. :)

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The COIL project between UFF and FIT was a realy challenging, fun and rewarding experience for me and my students.

The initial challenge was to overcome the shyness of Brazilian students, but this "problem" was solved in the very first meeting. American instructors and students made everyone feel very comfortable sharing their experiences, life stories and opinions. The exchange between the two cultures was very fruitful, allowing us to discover new things about each other.

The project allowed our students to have new horizons and new perspectives. Many of them reported that, in addition to the importance of practicing English with native speakers, the experience made them change stereotyped perspectives.

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No matter where we live, we are all capable of participate on a conversation and realize we are very similar in some ways.

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There aren't as many differences between each other as one would think.

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know the differences and cultural similarities and to learn the language better

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I learned about other people's experiences and their culture.

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I learned to get to know people from other countries a little better.

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It reinstates the fact that I'm not alone, in any of my struggles.

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This process helped me a lot to identify the way of speaking of people who have English as their main language.

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I could see the way they were expressed, pronounced, and it helped me a lot because I was aware of how they pronounced the words in another country

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It’s been very interesting, it makes me realize I have a lot more to learn. I also need to improve my speaking manners, I usually get nervous and start talking as fast as I can and I make mistakes because of it.