This project commenced at the beginning of March between fifteen universitystudentsstudying English inmy school and eighteen participants from the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Mauritius. TheSpanish students are preparing for the C1 and C2 Cambridge ESOL examinations, whilst the Mauritian students use English as a medium of learning.The aim of the study is to perceive how the two cohorts of participants can learn about different cultural factors proper to each nationality through the social network, Elgg. All the students have toperform their weekly tasks based on various subjects, such as their university education, lifestyle, hobbies, sports, food, festivals and music. The tasks are communicativein order to encouragethe participants toexchange views on each other' s posts with a view to foster intercultural competence.The final task will involve the making of a short video to show their different daily activities and highlights of eachcountry' smain attractions.
