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2022 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence

Virtual. All sessions will be accessed through the conference app, which will be accessible to registered attendees in January.

Raising L1 and C1 awareness in reciprocal virtual exchange activities

Friday, January 28, 2022 at 3:15 PM–5:15 PM MST
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Presentation Summary

This study explores the practices of an intercultural communication course that discusses self-awareness among students about their first language (L1) and culture (C1). The course integrates virtual exchange into the syllabus in the form of a monolingual reciprocal partnership with L2 learners, which has proven to raise their L1 and C1 awareness.

Primary Presenter

Mitsuko TAKEI, Hiroshima Shudo University
State (if in the U.S.)

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Country

Japan

Professional Biography

Mitsuko Takei is a professor of the Faculty of Global and Community Studies at Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan. She has an M.S. in linguistics from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in information sciences from Hiroshima City University. Her research focus is on the intercultural interaction of L1/L2 speakers of Japanese.

Secondary Presenters

Miho Fujiwara, Willamette University
State (if in the U.S.)

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Country

USA

Professional Biography

Miho Fujiwara is a professor of Japanese and the chair of the Department of Japanese and Chinese at Willamette University in the United States. She obtained M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in linguistics from Georgetown University. Her areas of expertise are L1/L2 acquisition and Japanese linguistics (morphology).

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