Polish Teenage Students' Willingness to Engage in On-Line Intercultural Interactions

Autor/in	Wach, Aleksandra
Titel	Polish Teenage Students' Willingness to Engage in On-Line Intercultural Interactions
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 24 (2013) 4, S.374-381 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
DOI	10.1080/14675986.2013.814214
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Intercultural Communication; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Computer Assisted Instruction; Adolescents; Learning Strategies; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Task Analysis; Cultural Awareness; High School Students; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Internet; Computer Mediated Communication; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aufgabenanalyse; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Computerkonferenz; Polen
Abstract	Computer-based technologies, including various forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC), provide L2 users with opportunities to engage in intercultural interactions which may promote the development of their intercultural communicative competence. The article reports the findings of a study that investigated how beyond-the-classroom involvement in CMC stimulated Polish teenage EFL learners' interest in other cultures, their openness to intercultural experience and their willingness to take part in intercultural interactions, all of which are initial steps in the process of developing intercultural competence. The results indicate high levels of interest in other cultures, a strong motivation to take part in intercultural online exchanges in English and also point to the great potential of CMC as a tool for broadening the intercultural perspectives of L2 learners. The teaching implications of the study include the need to prepare learners for Internet-based intercultural beyond-the-classroom experience through classroom-based tasks and strategy training. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10