Challenges and strategies in online intercultural exchange: Perspectives from Chinese EFL students

• 발행기관: 한국영어교과교육학회
• 저자명: Koun Choi
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교과교육』24권 1호, 1~22쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.02.28

국문 초록

This study explores the challenges and strategies involved in intercultural communication during an online intercultural exchange, drawing on the experiences of Chinese university students. Sixteen Chinese students participated in an online intercultural exchange project with Japanese university students. Using digital platforms such as WeChat and Zoom, they discussed global issues they considered significant such as climate change, and they had the freedom to decide on the number of meetings and discussions to hold over the project’s five-week period. This study draws on qualitative content analysis of the weekly reflective journal entries the Chinese participants submitted. The analysis identifies three key challenges the participants faced in intercultural communication: language barriers, divergent communication styles, and imbalanced group dynamics. However, the findings also reveal that the participants used various strategies to navigate such challenges, including multimodal communication, accommodation strategies, and rapport-building techniques. The study highlights the importance of developing language learners’ communication strategies to effectively navigate intercultural communication, where linguistic, pragmatic, and social dimensions intersect. It also emphasizes the need to incorporate these communication strategies into ELT classrooms and discusses some pedagogic implications.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. LITERATURE REVIEW

III. METHOD

IV. FINDINGS

V. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS

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키워드

온라인 문화 간 교류 링구아 프랑카로서의 영어 문화 간의사소통 의사소통 전략 online intercultural exchange English as a lingua franca intercultural communication communication strategies