ICC Cultivation in a Multiform Course Mode

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Ran; Wang, Yi'an
Titel	ICC Cultivation in a Multiform Course Mode
Quelle	(2020), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liu, Ran)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	International Cooperation; Intercultural Communication; Course Descriptions; Online Courses; Cultural Awareness; Teaching Methods; Universities; Comparative Analysis; Student Attitudes; Journal Writing; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Communicative Competence (Languages); Program Descriptions; Exchange Programs; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Nonmajors; Undergraduate Students; Measures (Individuals); China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Kursstrukturplan; Online course; Online-Kurs; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; University; Universität; Schülerverhalten; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Messdaten
Abstract	With the present situation of economic globalization, simple inter-flows of information within and between countries have become standard to meet the development needs of college and university students, who now require and demand intercultural communication to improve their understanding of the globalized world. In recent years, online platforms have dramatically changed the traditional face-to-face communication methods and provide a learning environment without time and place restrictions. With the construction of international online platforms, real intercultural communication conditions have been provided for students to improve their Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) and English skills where they were not available before. This study outlines an online teaching method and design of a new multiform course mode that consists of two online platforms. Eleven random classes of 330 university students were observed in this study. All of them were enrolled in a four-month course of intercultural communication in the spring semester of 2017 at a science and technology university in China. Students were divided into two groups, Group A had five classes of students who participated in the new course mode and Group B was the other group which had six classes under the traditional classroom teaching mode. This study aims to find if the special course mode would help develop ICC among college students who stay in a domestic context, through an analysis of the variation of the two groups' ICC before and after the course. This research adopts a mixed methods approach that includes questionnaires, online platform observations, and students' reflective journals to test students' cultural intelligence before and after they have had the intercultural communication course. The findings provide a basis and reference for future ICC cultivation, especially regarding the construction of online ICC cultivating platforms. [For the complete volume, "Virtual Exchange in the Asia Pacific: Research and Practice," see ED610332.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01