Blog and Intercultural Grouping Effect on Learners’ Perceptions of Intercultural Communication Projects

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ID12634260
AuthorsGhada Awada (0000-0001-8486-1630, American University of Beirut, corresponding author), Nuwar Mawlawi Diab (0000-0003-0148-0002, Lebanese American University)
Year2018
Volume18
Issue3
Pages1-11
Publication date2018-11-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1404-1634 • E-ISSN: 1404-1634
PublisherInternational Collaboration for Research and Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.36923/jicc.v18i3.764
OpenAlexW3005048895
LanguageEN
References cited25

This study investigated the effect of integrating Blog Assisted Language Learning(BALL) and small culturally -mixed group work on improving the perceptions of intercultural communication and writing research projects of university students (n=102) of different cultures enrolled in Advanced Rhetoric classrooms in two American universities during a 16-week period. The study employed Pre-test/Post-test control group design whereby the experimental group participants received the treatment encompassing the integration of blog-mediated instruction and culturally-mixed group work and the control group received regular research instruction. Data were collected using two surveys. The findings proved that the treatment was effective in improving the experimental group perceptions of the intercultural communication and writing research projects whereas the control group did not show similar improvement

Intercultural communication · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Test (biology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Global Education and Multiculturalism · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Medicine · Psychology

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