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Effect of Cooperative Learning Instruction and Blogs on Apprehension of Intercultural Communication

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    Identificador: imarina:5133111
    Autores:
    Awada, GGutiérrez-Colón, M.
    Resumen:
    This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning and blog instruction in a culturally mixed group on decreasing intercultural communication apprehension. The study was implemented in classrooms that include Lebanese and nonLebanese participants at two universities in Lebanon. The study used a pretest– posttest experimental design, whereby five writing intact classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. One hundred two (N ¼ 102) university students from diverse cultural backgrounds participated in the study. The Personal Report of Intercultural Communication Apprehension survey and the interview as a qualitative method were used to elicit data to validate or reject the main assumption of the study. The analysis of the emergent themes along with the comparison between results of the pre and post of the Personal Report of Intercultural Communication Apprehension proved the effectiveness of cooperative instruction through the use of blogs in decreasing the students’ intercultural communication apprehension.
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    Autor según el artículo: Awada, G Gutiérrez-Colón, M.
    Departamento: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
    Autor/es de la URV: GUTIÉRREZ-COLON PLANA, MARIA DEL MAR
    Resumen: This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning and blog instruction in a culturally mixed group on decreasing intercultural communication apprehension. The study was implemented in classrooms that include Lebanese and nonLebanese participants at two universities in Lebanon. The study used a pretest– posttest experimental design, whereby five writing intact classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. One hundred two (N ¼ 102) university students from diverse cultural backgrounds participated in the study. The Personal Report of Intercultural Communication Apprehension survey and the interview as a qualitative method were used to elicit data to validate or reject the main assumption of the study. The analysis of the emergent themes along with the comparison between results of the pre and post of the Personal Report of Intercultural Communication Apprehension proved the effectiveness of cooperative instruction through the use of blogs in decreasing the students’ intercultural communication apprehension.
    Áreas temáticas: Ciencias sociales Educació Pedagogical & Educational Research
    Direcció de correo del autor: mar.gutierrezcolon@urv.cat
    ISSN: 1541-3810
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-8479-4933
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2020-01-26
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. (ISSN/ISBN: 1541-3810). 48(1): 72-96
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Awada, G; Gutiérrez-Colón, M. (2019). Effect of Cooperative Learning Instruction and Blogs on Apprehension of Intercultural Communication. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, 48(4), -
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2019
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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    Ciencias sociales
    Educació
    Pedagogical & Educational Research
    1541-3810
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