We practiced using Transana
Yukiya read about “web communication.” According to the research he read, it has more of an effect on international posture. To come to these conlcusions, they studied US university students talking to Native Spanish speakers on skype. After two months students answered a questionnaire.
One idea for a thesis is to write a “proposal for conducting cross-cultural video conferencing.”
Content
- Introduction: Video conferencing in education
- Literature review
- What is intercultural communicative competence?
- What is cross-cultural awareness?
- How has video conferencing been employed to develop cross-cultural awareness/ intercultural communicative compentence
- Research Methodology
- Action research: What are characteristics of video conferencing which might encourage cross-cultural awareness
- Analysis: Break down video into segments and categorize them. How are the segments related to the notions of cross-cultural awareness, etc.?
- Compare your video conferencing to what has been done by other people.
- Findings
- Characteristics of the Nepal/ Japan video conference
- Comparing the Nepal/Japan trial to other trials
- The extent to which the Nepal/Japan trial can enhance intercultural competence.
- Discussion
- Suggestions for enhancing video conferencing