The Effects of a Virtual Exchange on Students' Interest in Learning About Culture

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ID8937877
AuthorsTheresa Schenker (0000-0003-2172-2793, Yale University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume46
Issue3
Pages491-507
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/flan.12041
OpenAlexW1585578606
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited13

A 12‐week electronic exchange was conducted between a third‐year German college class in the United States and an advanced English high school class in Germany. The exchange consisted of e‐mails between tandem partners, blogs, videoconferences between both classes, and class essays. The study examined the effects of participation in the semester‐long cross‐cultural, cross‐lingual exchange on students' interest in learning about the target culture. The results showed that students' interest in learning about culture was high before and after the exchange. Likewise, students believed that learning about culture is an important part of foreign language learning. The virtual exchange outlined here is an example of a standards‐based approach to integrating language and culture instruction

Class (philosophy · Cultural exchange · English as a foreign language · Foreign language · German · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Target culture · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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