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Description
This session presents the design of a university-level Cross-Cultural Course in Japan that integrates a GenAI-based chatbot to scaffold self-reflective, introspective, pragmatically informed conversations for developing Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in university-level students. Grounded in leading theoretical models of ICC, the course helps students explore cultural perspectives, language use, and self-awareness vis-à-vis other cultures. A possible implementation of this course in an EFL context will also be demonstrated.
Summary
This session presents the design of a university-level Cross-Cultural Course in Japan that integrates a GenAI-based chatbot to scaffold self-reflective, introspective, pragmatically informed conversations for developing Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in university-level students. Grounded in leading theoretical models of ICC, the course helps students explore cultural perspectives, language use, and self-awareness vis-à-vis other cultures. A possible implementation of this course in an EFL context will also be demonstrated.
| Teaching Context | College and university education |
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