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ERIC Number: EJ666345
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1094-3501
Understanding the "Other Side": Intercultural learning in a Spanish-English E-Mail Exchange.
O'Dowd, Robert
Language Learning & Technology, v7 n2 p118-44 May 2003
Reviews recent research on intercultural learning and reports on a yearlong e-mail exchange between Spanish and English second year university students. Identifies key characteristics of e-mail exchanges that helped to develop learners' intercultural communicative competence. Outlines elements of e-mail messages that may enable students to develop successful intercultural relationships with their partners. (VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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