Citation: Murray, Garold., and Brollinger, Deborah. (2011). Developing cross-culture awareness: learning through the experiences of others, tesl canadian journal,19(1): 82-93.
This study offers to enhance the cross-culture awareness of Japanese students who are beginner-intermediate of English.
The researcher stated the main problem of this study is most of the students are lack of information about living in abroad. In conducting this study the researchers used experimental study, there are some activities which could help the students interact with the foreigner.
The first activity is e-mail exchanges, it is used to encouraged the students writing skill. Before they contact their foreign friends, the researchers make sure that the tools which support this activity are available. Such as computer, English software, and writing English message.
The second activity is guest speaker interviews. In this activity the students doing an interview with the people who are come back from their trip or journey in abroad. So, the students can hear from the people who have experienced live in other countries.
The third activity is video project. The video project is the main component in a cross-cultural communication course for the students who are at the beginner-intermediate level. In this activity, the students are practicing their oral English, increasing their knowledge of other cultures and learning to communicate more effective with people from abroad. In the conclusion part, the researcher explained that this study gives the positive impact to the students both in their English and their cross-cultural knowledge.
The second activity is guest speaker interviews. In this activity the students doing an interview with the people who are come back from their trip or journey in abroad. So, the students can hear from the people who have experienced live in other countries.
The third activity is video project. The video project is the main component in a cross-cultural communication course for the students who are at the beginner-intermediate level. In this activity, the students are practicing their oral English, increasing their knowledge of other cultures and learning to communicate more effective with people from abroad. In the conclusion part, the researcher explained that this study gives the positive impact to the students both in their English and their cross-cultural knowledge.
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