TY - JOUR
T1 - Blogging: Fostering intercultural competence development in foreign language and study abroad contexts
T2 - Fostering intercultural competence development in foreign language and study abroad contexts
AU - Elola, Idoia
AU - Oskoz, Ana
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - An essential instructional goal in foreign language education is the enhancement of students'
intercultural competence. This article reports on a study that examined how intercultural competence
developed between study-abroad and at-home students (in Spain and the U.S. respectively) who used blogs
as a mediating tool over the course of a semester. The data, blogs and two questionnaires, were analyzed
by applying Byram's (2000) assessment guidelines. The results showed that: (1) both study abroad and
foreign language learners presented instances of intercultural competence as described in Byram's
guidelines, with each group reflecting the unique characteristics of its context, and (2) blog interactions had
a positive effect on the development of both groups' intercultural competence.
AB - An essential instructional goal in foreign language education is the enhancement of students'
intercultural competence. This article reports on a study that examined how intercultural competence
developed between study-abroad and at-home students (in Spain and the U.S. respectively) who used blogs
as a mediating tool over the course of a semester. The data, blogs and two questionnaires, were analyzed
by applying Byram's (2000) assessment guidelines. The results showed that: (1) both study abroad and
foreign language learners presented instances of intercultural competence as described in Byram's
guidelines, with each group reflecting the unique characteristics of its context, and (2) blog interactions had
a positive effect on the development of both groups' intercultural competence.
KW - Blogs
KW - Byram's ICC model
KW - Intercultural competence
KW - Intercultural learning
KW - Study-abroad
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=53249130953&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2008.tb03307.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2008.tb03307.x
M3 - Article
VL - 41
SP - 454
EP - 477
JO - Foreign Language Annals
JF - Foreign Language Annals
IS - 3
ER -