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Abruquah, Emmanuel; Dosa, Ildiko; Duda, Grazyna – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This article discusses some practical ideas associated with a pilot intercultural telecollaboration project. The aim of the project was to connect students from five countries: Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Poland and Spain, and to make them interact using social media, such as Facebook, Skype, Google Hangouts, etc. There were success stories…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Opportunities, Intercultural Programs, Student Exchange Programs
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Nicolaou, Anna; Sevilla-Pavón, Ana – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper examines university students' views about a Cypriot-Spanish telecollaboration project through which participants used Google+ Communities for intercultural exchange over the course of one semester. The project was established through the UNICollaboration platform and it involved first-year students at the Cyprus University of Technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Student Projects, Student Exchange Programs
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Szilas, Jue Wang; Zhang, Ling; Berger, Claudia – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This article presents the findings of an eTandem Chinese-French exchange course during two academic years, the year 2010-2011 when the course was not credited, and the year 2011-2012 when the course was credited in one university but not in the other. It focuses on the students' perspective about the language exchange experience. The participants…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Student Experience, Student Exchange Programs
Hiebert, Willard – 1994
A member of the faculty of Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) recounts his experience with developing local internship opportunities for German business students in exchange for internship opportunities in Germany for his international business students. The faculty member had to develop a list of potential companies, in an area of small to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, German
Rahilly, Leonard J. – 1992
Americans have long had and deserved the stereotypical reputation of knowing little about the language and cultures of other nations. Most college students, including language majors, leave higher education with inadequate language skills, and many high school language teachers are also in need of improved skills. The reliance of literature to…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, International Communication
Grove, Cornelius Lee – 1984
The dynamics of hosting foreign exchange students were studied by means of a longitudinal documentation of the experiences and feelings of 15 U.S. families before, during, and after the 10 months when they hosted an American Field Service (AFS) exchange student. Data were gathered by means of semistructured, open-ended, audio-taped interviews…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Educational Research, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics