A Design for Intercultural Exchange--An Analysis of Engineering Students' Interaction with English Majors in a Poetry Blog

Autor/inn/en	Bradley, Linda; Lindström, Berner; Rystedt, Hans; Gustafsson, Magnus
Titel	A Design for Intercultural Exchange--An Analysis of Engineering Students' Interaction with English Majors in a Poetry Blog
Quelle	(2011), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Poetry; Intercultural Communication; Translation; Second Language Learning; Engineering Education; Majors (Students); English (Second Language); Collaborative Writing; Computer Mediated Communication; Intercultural Programs; Native Speakers; College Students; Interdisciplinary Approach; Student Attitudes; Group Discussion; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Literature Appreciation; Foreign Countries; Electronic Publishing; Sweden; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lyrik; Poesie; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ingenieurausbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Computerkonferenz; Muttersprachler; Collegestudent; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Schülerverhalten; Gruppendiskussion; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Literarische Wertung; Ausland; Elektronisches Publizieren; Schweden; USA
Abstract	Web based writing platforms allowing for exchanges across the world are increasingly being used in education. These recent forms of textual practice are highly related to conditions offered by the technology, allowing users, who previously were primarily consumers, to become producers of text. This chapter investigates student interaction over a blog in an intercultural student exchange between native speakers and nonnative speakers of English in higher education analysing and interpreting poetry. The groups of students involved in this study belong not only to different academic disciplines, but also differ in terms of nationality and language background. In the blog posts, the students' cultural voices are heard, offering a meeting between very contrasting groups. Scrutinising the student postings, the threaded discussions show ways that students thematise content and meaning in the poems. The results show that there are a number of features at play in an intercultural environment where language and translation issues are prominent parts of the student discussions, offering extended perspectives to the students' initial views. Collaborative efforts in such a diverse environment are important when negotiating meaning and extending students' understanding of poetry. [For the complete volume, "Second Language Teaching and Learning with Technology: Views of Emergent Researchers," see ED574599.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01