A Text-Based Approach to Developing EFL Learners' Intercultural Awareness in Higher Education

Autor/in	Zorba, Mehmet Galip
Titel	A Text-Based Approach to Developing EFL Learners' Intercultural Awareness in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Turkish Journal of Education, 12 (2023) 2, S.106-121 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zorba, Mehmet Galip)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Cultural Awareness; Teaching Methods; Video Technology; Intercultural Communication; Case Studies; Higher Education; Student Attitudes; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Reading Materials; State Universities; Foreign Countries; Academic Language; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Reading Material Selection; Student Characteristics; Self Concept; Teacher Student Relationship; Communicative Competence (Languages); Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Staatliche Universität; Ausland; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Leseunterricht; Schreibunterricht; Selbstkonzept; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Communicative competence; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Türkei
Abstract	Recent research suggests that learners should be provided with opportunities to negotiate meanings with other cultures and critically evaluate and reflect on their own culture. Texts have a great potential to provide such opportunities, especially in contexts where learners do not have the chance to experience other cultures through real-time observations. This case study investigates what the readers-as-text-ethnographers approach (RaTE) offers to promote intercultural awareness (ICA) in higher education. To this end, seven texts were selected following certain criteria, and a 15-week implementation was designed. Data were collected through learners' written productions, classroom video recordings, a postimplementation survey, and key informant interviews. Findings revealed that studying texts with the RaTE approach helped the learners develop their ICA in understanding the complexity of culture, otherness, and self. Furthermore, findings also showed that the learners had difficulties in certain areas, such as reading between the lines and textual analysis during the implementation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01