INTERKULTURELLES LERNEN DURCH DEN WHITEBOARD-EINSATZ ALS ZUSATZMATERIAL
INTERCULTURAL LEARNING BY USING WHITE BOARD AS AN ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Summary/Abstract: Just as cultural knowledge is a part of language learning, so has the use of technology rapidly become an indispensable part of foreign language teaching in today’s lessons. Respectively, this study aims to reveal the impact of the use of Smart Boards as a supplementary material on the intercultural learning process in preparatory classes. Therefore, firstly with the aim of bringing out teachers’ attitudes towards intercultural learning and secondly, revealing the influence of the use of teaching materials and Smart Boards on intercultural learning activities, open ended questions were used. As a research method a qualitative process was implemented and the survey questions were used to interview the teachers teaching preparatory classes. In the survey process, the gathered transcripts of the recorded interviews were contentedly organized under headings related to the topic and some main themes that include the most precise answers were determined. After the evaluation process, teachers’ statements revealed that in foreign language teaching the use of Smart Boards is motivating in terms of teaching intercultural knowledge and that it is a fast facilitator. Additionally, the teachers suggested that the use of such kind of supplementary materials should be encouraged to become more prevalent. Despite all of the results, the teachers expressed their reservations about whether the Smart Boards are used in an effective way or not in the lessons.

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