UNDERSTANDING THE "OTHER SIDE": INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN A SPANISH-ENGLISH E-MAIL EXCHANGE
UNDERSTANDING THE "OTHER SIDE": INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN A SPANISH-ENGLISH E-MAIL EXCHANGE
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了解“另一面”：西班牙语-英语电子邮件交流中的跨文化学习
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2003
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R. O’Dowd
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R. O’Dowd
跨文化学习通常被认为是不同国家的学习者群体之间通过电子邮件交流的一个自动的好处，但很少有研究存在在线跨文化合作是否确实发展了学习者对其他文化的观点和世界观的理解。本文回顾了最近的文献表明，跨文化学习涉及，然后报告了一年之久的西班牙语和英语的大学二年级语言学习者之间的电子邮件交流。利用定性研究的结果，本文确定了有助于培养学习者跨文化交际能力的电子邮件交流的关键特征（拜拉姆，1997）。它还概述了电子邮件信息的要素，这些要素可能使学生能够与其伙伴建立成功的跨文化关系。
Intercultural learning is often assumed to be an automatic benefit of e-mail exchanges between groups of learners in different countries, but little research exists on whether on-line intercultural collaboration does actually develop learners' understanding of the other culture's perspective and world view. This paper reviews what recent literature suggests intercultural learning to involve and then reports on a year-long e-mail exchange between Spanish and English second year university language learners. Using the results of qualitative research, the paper identifies key characteristics of e-mail exchanges which helped to develop learners' intercultural communicative competence (Byram, 1997). It also outlines elements of e-mail messages which may enable students to develop successful intercultural relationships with their partners.