Peer reviewed
Download full textERIC Number: EJ1055194
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1695-2618
EISSN: N/A
Promoting Critical Thinking in Online Intercultural Communication
Batardière, Marie-Thérèse
The EUROCALL Review, v23 n1 p3-10 Mar 2015
This paper investigates the educational experience arising from the use of an online discussion forum in an undergraduate blended learning language programme; to do this, it focuses on the type of cognitive processes that learners experience during a computer-mediated collaborative task and explores the potential causal relationship between the instructional strategies and the students' cognitive activity. Findings indicate that the "teaching presence" had a significant indirect influence on the outcome of the online intercultural interactions.
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Intercultural Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Undergraduate Students, Blended Learning, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Learning, French, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis
European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). EUROCALL Headquarters, School of Modern Languages, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK. Tel: +34-67-943-1283; Web site: http://www.eurocall-languages.org/publications/review
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Ireland
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
