Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Teaching Education
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
9-7-2017
First Page
1
Last Page
17
Abstract
To meet the demands of contemporary society, students needs to develop the ability to interact effectively with people from different cultures. To advance this goal, a project involving ethnographic interviews was introduced to an intercultural communication course. Participating students' attitudes toward other cultures were measured on a Likert scale at the beginning and end of the project. The findings show that through the interviews, the students developed greater awareness of their own cultures and of themselves within their culture and deepened their knowledge of other cultures. Yet, the majority of the students did not show greater interest in learning a foreign language at the end of the project. Further, even through the students did learn about other cultures, their responses to becoming more open to other cultures were inconclusive. The article discusses possible reasons for these outcomes and outlines future research directions.
Recommended Citation
Arshavskaya, Ekaterina, "Promoting Intercultural Competence in Diverse U.S. Classrooms Through Ethnographic Interviews" (2017). Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications. Paper 475.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/lpsc_facpub/475
