Summing Up: First Experience of Four CIS Universities in Implementing a Cross-Cultural Internet Project

Authors

  • Alla L. Nazarenko Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Ludmila G. Sizykh Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Viktoria A. Fandei Lomonosov Moscow State Universit
  • Elena A. Malashenko International Sakharov Ecological University
  • Svitlana L. Bobyr Chernihiv Taras Shevchenko National Pedagogical University
  • Baktygul Zh. Kurmanova K.Zhubanov Aktobe State University

Keywords:

Cross- cultural, nursing, quantitative, attitude

Abstract

The article describes the first experience of four universities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in conducting an international intercultural project based on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The goal of the project for the students was to introduce the traditions of hospitality existing in their cultural world to all the partners and to increase their own cross-cultural awareness. Implementing the project method with active use of various technologies including telecommunication systems, wikispaces.com, video technologies, etc. made it possible to solve a number of didactic tasks and get promising results.

Author Biographies

Alla L. Nazarenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Professor,  Vice-Dean, Head of Linguistics and IT Department

Ludmila G. Sizykh, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Senior Lecturer

Viktoria A. Fandei, Lomonosov Moscow State Universit

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Senior Lecturer

Elena A. Malashenko, International Sakharov Ecological University

Associate Professor, Head of the Foreign Languages Department 

Svitlana L. Bobyr, Chernihiv Taras Shevchenko National Pedagogical University

Assistant Professor, Head of Pedagogy and FL Teaching Methodology Department 

Baktygul Zh. Kurmanova, K.Zhubanov Aktobe State University

Professor, Head of Psychology and Pedagogy Department

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Published

2013-04-26

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