Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
An approach to digitalization in language teaching from different perspectives: A reflection of empirical work., Yonca Özkan,Hülya Tuncer,Erdoğan Bada, Editör, NOVA Science Publishers Inc. , New York, ss.115-134, 2024
There has been a growing interest in the cultural dimension of foreign language
teaching and the promotion of intercultural competence among teachers and learners;
thus, research on integrating virtual contexts with the aim of developing interculturally
competent teachers has been on the rise. Within this frame, this research aims to
explore pre-service EFL teachers’ intercultural competence progression through
participation in an 8-week international virtual exchange program (the IVEProject).
The participants selected via convenience sampling were 23 Turkish pre-service
teachers of English from two universities. In order to describe the virtual exchange
experiences regarding intercultural competence progression of Turkish pre-service
EFL teachers, a descriptive qualitative study design was adopted in the current study
and qualitative data collected by means of open-ended questions were analysed using
Thematic Analysis. The themes emerged from the analysis were also categorized
according to the Iceberg Model of Culture. The results revealed that participants learnt
new information each week that can be included on surface and deep levels of the
model, with the majority falling into the surface level of the model. The current study
demonstrates that participation in such international exchanges help to improve
intercultural competence of pre-service EFL teachers.