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Ruest, Carl – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2020
Reflecting upon their intercultural experiences, with a tool like the "Autobiography of intercultural encounters," may help adolescents become better interculturalists. This research investigates how the use of the Autobiography may allow adolescents develop intercultural competence (IC). Using Byram's framework on which this tool is…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Autobiographies, Student Attitudes, Guidelines
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Mady, Callie – Babel, 2011
This study compares the willingness to communicate (WTC) of Canadian Anglophone and Francophone students to measures of their self-assessed, multiskilled second language proficiency and strategy use before and after a short-term intracountry bilingual exchange experience. The central question is whether a student's WTC exists before an opportunity…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Questionnaires, Language Skills, Language Proficiency
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Nelson, Gayle; Temples, Amanda Lanier – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2011
Using situated learning (Lave & Wenger, 1991) and communities of practice (Wenger, 1998) as our theoretical framework, we focused on two female graduate students in applied linguistics as each attempted to negotiate memberships in multiple communities during an international exchange program. Eleven students at six universities took part in an…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1984
The proceedings of the 1983 annual meeting on student and teacher exchanges programs include these papers: "Exchanges...How They Contribute to National Unity and National Identity" (Huguette Labelle); "Exchanges...Bridging the Gap" (Gildas Molgat); "Exchanges...And Canada's Bicultural Aspect" (Dennis Dawson);…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity
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Hamers, Josiane F. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
Presents comparison of three types of exchange programs between anglophone and francophone students in Quebec and their effects on students' language and cultural attitudes. Results showed that direct contact between geographically distant groups is more successful than exchanges between geographically close groups and between distant groups where…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cultural Awareness, English
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Starke-Meyerring, Doreen; Andrews, Deborah – Business Communication Quarterly, 2006
Business professionals increasingly use digital tools to collaborate across multiple cultures, locations, and time zones. Success in this complex environment depends on a shared culture that facilitates the making of knowledge and the best contributions of all team members. To prepare managers for such communication, the authors designed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Exchange Programs, Cooperative Learning, Partnerships in Education