this case study was conducted to determine the benefits of a multi-dimensional study abroad program that included a community service component. it encompassed the following aspects of the study abroad experience: motivation for travel, language learning research, the role of autonomy in language learning, and cultural awareness, behaviors, and attitudes. the researcher acted as a participant a...

The fluidity of communicative practices in current intercultural communication research raises difficult questions about how we understand core concepts the field. Links between linguistic resources, other modes, and cultures are created situ suggesting that relationships ‘named' languages cannot be taken for granted. We frequently see emergent cultural references which neither part any one cul...

Increasingly intercultural dimension of communication in the 21st century has brought about challenging aims in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) pedagogy, such as ascertaining the enhancement of the learners' intercultural awareness and promoting their ability to communicate in intercultural settings. Taking the disadvantage of EFL environment in terms of intercultural input into ...