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Tonkin, Kati; Bourgault du Coudray, Chantal – Journal of Research in International Education, 2016
Research into study abroad students' intercultural learning has demonstrated a need to provide pedagogical support before, during and after the study abroad experience. This article reports on the authors' efforts to support the in-country learning of Australian study abroad students through an online guided reflection exercise (blog) with a…
Descriptors: Drinking, Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Electronic Publishing
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Gomez, Jose Ignacio Aguaded; Vicente, Cristina Pozo – European Educational Research Journal, 2011
This article presents the results from a mainly statistical and comparative analysis regarding the communicative competences and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) of German exchange students. The data was extracted from two exhaustive, rigorous and methodical questionnaires related to communicative and ICT competences,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis
Witte, Arnd, Ed.; Harden, Theo, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2011
This book explores the idea of "intercultural competence", which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and "competence" is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological traits such as attitudes,…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Interpersonal Competence, Second Language Learning, Research
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Weidemann, Arne; Bluml, Frances – Intercultural Education, 2009
Twenty narrative interviews were conducted with German host parents between 2006 and 2007 about their experiences with a one-year stay of a guest student in their family. The study took place within the context of a student research project as part of the research-oriented MA course "Intercultural Communication-Intercultural Competence"…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Student Research, Intercultural Communication, Coping