Kültürlerarası yeterlilik becerileri geliştirmeye yönelik programın yurt dışına giden öğrenciler üzerindeki uyum sağlama ve global iletişim açısından uzun vadedeki etkileri

Bu çalışma, İngilizcenin birinci dil olarak kullanılan ülkelere öğrenim görmek üzere giden öğrencilerin, yurt dışına çıkmadan önce katılırmış oldukları ve kültürlerarası yeterlilik becerilerinin geliştirilmesine yönelik olarak düzenlenen eğitim programın, bu öğrencilere, gittikleri ülkeye uyum sağlama ve global iletişim kurma açılarından sağladığı uzun vadeli katkıyı araştırmaktadır. Çalışma, öğrencilerin program hakkındaki yurt dışına gittikten sonraki görüşlerini, yurt dışı ortamına uyum sağlamaları ve global düzeyde iletişim kurmaları açılarından ele almaktadır. Konuya ilişkin yürütülen ve üç aşamadan oluşan uzun vadeli çalışmaların sonuncusu olan bu çalışma, yurt dışına çıkmadan önce söz konusu eğitim programına katılan ve yurt dışına çıkmadan önceki görüşleri önceki çalışmalarda değerlendirilen sekiz öğrencinin, yurt dışına çıktıktan sonra, e-posta ile yapılan görüşmeler ile elde edilen görüşlerini temel almaktadır. Çalışma, öğrencilerin, katılmış oldukları kültürlerarası yeterlilik becerilerinin geliştirilmesi programın önemi ve İngilizcenin global iletişim aracı olarak işlevi konusundaki edindikleri farkındalık hakkındaki görüşlerini araştırmakta; kültürlerarası yeterlilik becerilerinin geliştirilmesine yönelik programın yurt dışında öğrenim görmeye gidecek olan öğrencilerin yurt dışındaki iletişim ve uyum sağlama gereksinimlerini karşılamada ne denenli etkili olabileceğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Long term effects of intercultural competence development training for studyabroad adjustment and global communication

This study investigates the long term contribution of intercultural competence development training for globalcommunication and adjustment given to Turkish study-abroad students prior to their sojourns to English L1countries, indicating their views on how they benefited from the instruction after their arrival in the host country,to what extent the instruction contributed to their adjustment process, and what suggestions they would make forthe improvement of the program they had undertaken. Being the last of the three consecutive studies, it is basedon e-mail interview responses of eight graduate sojourners whose opinions on the program prior to their departurewere reported earlier. The study focuses on the participants’ views on the significance of intercultural competencetraining and awareness of the nature of English as a means of global communication, and demonstrates the longterms gains that could be attributed to study-abroad students through an intercultural development course thatcould best serve for their communication and adjustment needs in the host country.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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