INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON COLLABORATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Year 2022, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 1493 - 1505, 02.10.2022

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Abstract

Project Number

BAP-08-11-2016-071

ULUSLARASI ÖĞRENCİLERİN İŞBİRLİĞİ VE KÜLTÜRLERARASI İLETİŞİMSEL İLİŞKİN ALGILARI

Abstract

This study aims to explore students’ experiences and perceptions of their intercultural communicative competence development during group-work activities in a multicultural educational setting. The scale for this study adapted from a measurement tool, which was originally developed to find out the correlation between intercultural communication competence and team effectiveness of multicultural work teams. The participants of the present study were international students who pursue their studies in Turkey and also Turkish exchange students who enrolled in a university abroad. The survey data were obtained from 157 participants. 7 international students were also interviewed in order to to get a deeper understanding of the participants’ perceptions on the development of their intercultural communicative skills during the multicultural group work activities they engaged in. The results revealed that flexibility and adaptability are the most important skills required in a multicultural educational context. Language barrier also emerged as a common challange for international students.
Bu çalışma, çok kültürlü bir eğitim ortamında grup çalışması etkinlikleri sırasında öğrencilerin kültürlerarası iletişim edincine ilişkin deneyimlerini ve algılarını keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada kullanılan ölçek, orijinal olarak uluslararası takım çalışmalarında kültürlerarası iletişim yetkinliği ile takım performansı arasındaki ilişkiyi bulmak için hazirlanmış bir ölçeğin uyarlamasıdır. Örneklem gurubu yurtdışında bir üniverstede eğitimine devam eden Türk değişim öğrencileri ile Türkiye'deki uluslararası öğrencilerdir. Anket verileri 157 katılımcıdan elde edilmiştir. Katıldıkları çok kültürlü grup çalışması etkinlikleri sırasında öğrencilerin kültürlerarası iletişim becerilerinin gelişimine ilişkin algılarını daha iyi ortaya koyabilmek için 7 öğrenciyle de görüşme yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar, esneklik ve uyarlanabilirliğin çok kültürlü bir ortamda öğrenim gören öğrenciler için gerekli olan en önemli beceriler olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca dil engeli de uluslararası öğrenciler için bir ortak bir zorluk olarak ortaya çıkmıştır.

Keywords

Intercultural communicative competence, team-work, scale adaptation, language education, international students, kültürlerarası iletişim edinci, takım çalışması, ölçek uyarlaması, dil eğitimi, uluslararası öğrenciler

Supporting Institution

Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

Project Number

BAP-08-11-2016-071

Thanks

Bu çalışma Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi tarafından desteklenen bir projeden üretilmiş olan bir araştırma çalışmasıdır.

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