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Understanding the "Other Side": Intercultural learning in a Spanish-English e-mail exchange

O'Dowd, R. (2003). Understanding the "Other Side": Intercultural learning in a Spanish-English e-mail exchange. Language Learning & Technology, 7(2), 118–144. http://dx.doi.org/10125/25202

This paper reviews what recent literature suggests intercultural learning to involve and then reports on a year-long e-mail exchange between Spanish and English second year university language learners. Using the results of qualitative research, the paper identifies key characteristics of e-mail exchanges which helped to develop learners' intercultural communicative competence.

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Research on virtual intercultural learning

This collection includes studies on online intercultural exchange, eGroups collaboration, online learning environments, online learning design, online mentoring, and online intercultural course

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