Abstract
Telles and Vassallo (2006) propose a pioneering virtual exchange (VE) model in Brazil named Teletandem, which is currently the most popular VE model in the country. Its practice is based on tandem principles (Brammerts, 1996) and, therefore, focused on bilingualism, reciprocity, and autonomy (Vassallo; Telles, 2006). Despite the vast literature in the field of telecollaboration, the growi…