Using Digital Media for Promoting Student Intercultural Awareness in Japan
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| Title: | Using Digital Media for Promoting Student Intercultural Awareness in Japan |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Christopher, Adam |
| Source: | Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Apr 2021 30(2):117-138. |
| Availability: | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 719, Waynesville, NC 28786. Tel: 828-246-9558; Fax: 828-246-9557; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, College Students, Student Projects, Visual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences |
| Geographic Terms: | Japan |
| ISSN: | 1055-8896 |
| Abstract: | Perfect intercultural communicative competence skills in the EFL context are difficult to acquire. This paper investigates the use of digital media related classroom projects to promote student intercultural awareness in the Japanese context. Data were collected through selected student digital images/illustrations and interpretations, retrospective notes, classroom observations, and interviews with 30 university students. Findings suggest that digital media-related classroom projects help students raise intercultural awareness of the cultural norms depicted in the digital images/illustrations they search for online. The study concludes that designing classroom intercultural projects using digital images/illustrations may promote student intercultural communicative competence in Japan. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Access URL: | https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/218773/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ1293740 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Perfect intercultural communicative competence skills in the EFL context are difficult to acquire. This paper investigates the use of digital media related classroom projects to promote student intercultural awareness in the Japanese context. Data were collected through selected student digital images/illustrations and interpretations, retrospective notes, classroom observations, and interviews with 30 university students. Findings suggest that digital media-related classroom projects help students raise intercultural awareness of the cultural norms depicted in the digital images/illustrations they search for online. The study concludes that designing classroom intercultural projects using digital images/illustrations may promote student intercultural communicative competence in Japan. |
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| ISSN: | 1055-8896 |
