Students intercultural sensitivity development through telecollaborative Chinese language learning on Zoom: a case study of Irish students at the beginning-level of Chinese language
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Mengdi Wang, Ann Devitt, Garreth Hodgins, Ciarán Bauer, 'Students intercultural sensitivity development through telecollaborative Chinese language learning on Zoom: a case study of Irish students at the beginning-level of Chinese language', Research-publishing.net., 2021, Ciarán Bauer;Download Item:
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This descriptive study presents the first research cycle with four
synchronous telecollaborative language learning sessions on Zoom between Irish and
Chinese teenagers. Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS) post-questionnaire results
show that the mean of interaction enjoyment scale is the highest compared to the
other four categories, which implies that telecollaboration provides an enjoyable and
authentic environment for Irish adolescent learners to experience communication
with native speakers. However, low averages of ISS categories indicate some factors
are at play such as short telecollaboration duration and potential technological issues.
The gap between the previous needs analysis and current findings demonstrates that
participants probably underestimated the challenge of engaging with Chinese native
speakers, which would suggest that more scaffoldings and preparations are required
for beginning-level learners before and during telecollaborations.
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China Scholarship Council
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CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021EUROCALL 2021
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Telecommunications , EDUCATION , Telecollaborative language learningDOI:
10.14705/rpnet.2021.54.1346Metadata
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