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Hanada, Shingo – Journal of International Students, 2019
This study explores the factors of study abroad programs that contribute to cultivating intercultural competence. Through an empirically based quantitative examination of 303 Japanese study abroad students, it attempts to gain an understanding of the factors that enhance the development of intercultural competence. Considering that many previous…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Student Development, Study Abroad
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Ikeda, Risa – TESL-EJ, 2020
Study abroad destinations for Japanese students, particularly those aiming to improve their English language skills, tend to focus on the "Inner Circle" (Kachru, 1992) of English-speaking countries. However, over the last two decades, Korean and Japanese-owned English language schools in the Philippines started to appear, leading to over…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Self Concept, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Furumura, Yumiko; Huang, Hsin-Chou – The EUROCALL Review, 2019
This study examined whether direct communication with people from other countries using Skype or Line would affect students' English test scores in listening and reading as well as the development of their curiosity concerning foreign cultures by comparing the data of an experimental group with that of a control group. The former group conducted…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Teleconferencing, Scores