• DOI:10.1558/CJ.V24I2.291-312
Corpus ID: 143132112

Intercultural Learning via Instant Messenger Interaction

@article{Jin2013InterculturalLV,
  title={Intercultural Learning via Instant Messenger Interaction},
  author={L. Jin and T. Erben},
  journal={the CALICO Journal},
  year={2013},
  volume={24},
  pages={291-311}
}

L. Jin, T. Erben

Published 2013

Psychology

the CALICO Journal

This paper reports on a qualitative study investigating the viability of instant messenger (IM) interaction to facilitate intercultural learning in a foreign language class. Eight students in a Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) class participated in the study. Each student was paired with a native speaker (NS) of Chinese, and each pair collaborated on eight intercultural-learning tasks over a 2-month period through IM. Data were collected through an ethnographic survey, intercultural… CONTINUE READING

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