Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures

Volume: 2 Number: 2 June 1, 2007
Gülden Tüm , Simla İçmez
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Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures

Abstract

Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) offers language learners genuine communication opportunities where language is the means and not the end of the process. This paper argues that CMC can be utilised as a useful tool to raise cultural awareness between the members of two non-native English speaking cultures using English as the medium of communication. This study explores the nature of e-mail exchange between Turkish and Belarusian language learners over the course of seven weeks. The findings point out that the participants choose to inform the members of the other culture about their practical daily life experiences as members of that culture rather than providing them with information that is more typically accessible via the Internet; and that the participants value the information from the members of that culture from their experiences as members as accurate and efficient to learn about a culture. Thus, this study suggests that CMC can be a beneficial tool to raise cultural awareness as well as providing language practice

Keywords

Computer Mediated Communication,e-mail exchange,cultural awareness

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APA
Tüm, G., & İçmez, S. (2007). Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(2), 243-290. https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW
AMA
1.Tüm G, İçmez S. Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures. JSSR. 2007;2(2):243-290. https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW
Chicago
Tüm, Gülden, and Simla İçmez. 2007. “Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness Between Cultures”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 (2): 243-90. https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW.
EndNote
Tüm G, İçmez S (June 1, 2007) Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 2 243–290.
IEEE
[1]G. Tüm and S. İçmez, “Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures”, JSSR, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 243–290, June 2007, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW
ISNAD
Tüm, Gülden - İçmez, Simla. “Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness Between Cultures”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 2/2 (June 1, 2007): 243-290. https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW.
JAMA
1.Tüm G, İçmez S. Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures. JSSR. 2007;2:243–290.
MLA
Tüm, Gülden, and Simla İçmez. “Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness Between Cultures”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 243-90, https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW.
Vancouver
1.Gülden Tüm, Simla İçmez. Computer Mediated Communication for Raising Cultural Awareness between Cultures. JSSR [Internet]. 2007 Jun. 1;2(2):243-90. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA69UW95TW