Effect of Cooperative Learning Instruction and Blogs on Apprehension of Intercultural Communication

Autor/inn/en	Awada, Ghada; Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar
Titel	Effect of Cooperative Learning Instruction and Blogs on Apprehension of Intercultural Communication
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 48 (2019) 1, S.72-96 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2395
DOI	10.1177/0047239519838217
Schlagwörter	Cooperative Learning; Intercultural Communication; Anxiety; Communication (Thought Transfer); Pretests Posttests; Electronic Publishing; Teaching Methods; College Students; Universities; Writing Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Instructional Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Cultural Awareness; Foreign Students; Institutional Characteristics; International Education; Rhetoric; Research Projects; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kooperatives Lernen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Angst; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Elektronisches Publizieren; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent; University; Universität; Schreibunterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Ausland; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Internationale Erziehung; Rhetorik; Forschungsvorhaben; Libanon
Abstract	This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning and blog instruction in a culturally mixed group on decreasing intercultural communication apprehension. The study was implemented in classrooms that include Lebanese and non-Lebanese participants at two universities in Lebanon. The study used a pretest-posttest experimental design, whereby five writing intact classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. One hundred two (N = 102) university students from diverse cultural backgrounds participated in the study. The Personal Report of Intercultural Communication Apprehension survey and the interview as a qualitative method were used to elicit data to validate or reject the main assumption of the study. The analysis of the emergent themes along with the comparison between results of the pre and post of the Personal Report of Intercultural Communication Apprehension proved the effectiveness of cooperative instruction through the use of blogs in decreasing the students' intercultural communication apprehension. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01