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Gi-Zen Liu; Jalil Fathi; Masoud Rahimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) has recently attracted the researchers' attention in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context; however, insufficient studies seem to have examined the role of online programmes in enhancing EFL learners' ICC. The current study, therefore, employed a mixed-methods approach to explore EFL learners'…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alghasab, Maha; Alvarez-Ayure, Claudia Patricia – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Telecollaboration in the language classroom promotes both second-language development and Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC). However, previous research identified its potential limitations, including instances of failure, misunderstanding, tension, and a reluctance to participate. The current study contributes to emerging literature…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning
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García-Gómez, Antonio – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
By using small focus group discussions, the present study aims to gain insight into students' perceptions about the impact of WhatsApp use in their learning process. More specifically, this study presents a cross-cultural analysis of British and Spanish university students' personal beliefs about the effectiveness of using WhatsApp to complete…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software, Pragmatics
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Eren, Ömer – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Increase in diversified teaching contexts has led researchers to investigate the potentials of telecollaboration in multicultural learning environments. While there are abundant telecollaboration studies, improving intercultural awareness through a theoretical model is usually under-investigated. Based on Byram's (1997) co-orientational and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Videoconferencing, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Pluralism
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Avgousti, Maria Iosifina – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
One of the goals of foreign language (FL) education is to produce intercultural speakers. Telecollaboration can act as a catalyst for promoting language skills development, intercultural communicative competence (ICC), and multiple literacies. The significance of multimodal communicative competence (MCC) on the success or failure of a…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication
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Kohn, Kurt; Hoffstaedter, Petra – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This article discusses insights gained from a case study on telecollaboration for intercultural communication in foreign language school contexts. Focus was on non-native English and German lingua franca conversations between pairs of students (aged 14-16, B1 level) from schools in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. Telecollaboration…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Intercultural Communication
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Jauregi, Kristi; de Graaff, Rick; van den Bergh, Huub; Kriz, Milan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
One of the main objectives of the European Networked Interaction in Foreign Language Acquisition and Research (NIFLAR) project is to make foreign language learning and teaching processes more relevant and rewarding for reaching intercultural communicative competence. This is realized by offering foreign language learners and pre-service teachers…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), Native Speakers