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The gains and pains of mixed national group work at university

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Spencer-Oatey, Helen and Dauber, Daniel (2016) The gains and pains of mixed national group work at university. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38 (3). pp. 219-236. doi:10.1080/01434632.2015.1134549 ISSN 0143-4632 .

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2015.1134549

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Abstract

According to a recent report, the top skill that employers are looking for in graduates is “An ability to work collaboratively with teams of people from a range of backgrounds and countries” (Diamond et al. 2011, 8). So as universities seek to internationalise, an important question is how successful they are in developing this skill. Both research (e.g. Summers and Volet 2008; Kimmel and Volet 2012) and anecdotal evidence suggest that it is a challenging task and that universities are struggling to achieve it. In this paper, we report a study on working in mixed national groups and its relation to intercultural skills. A total of 2000 responses were collected from students at a UK university to a questionnaire that had both closed and open questions. A range of statistical analyses were carried out on the quantitative data, and the open-ended comments were analysed thematically. The responses were compared across national/regional clusters and our findings indicate
that mixed national group work is widely perceived across the clusters as enriching and not particularly challenging. Correlations indicate that students perceive such group work as more important for the development of intercultural skills than crossnational friendships.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Group work in education--Great Britain, Intercultural communication in education--Great Britain, Social interaction, Students, Foreign--Education (Higher)--Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0143-4632
Official Date: 1 February 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
1 February 2016Published
16 December 2015Accepted
12 December 2015Submitted
Volume: 38
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 219-236
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2015.1134549
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 31 May 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 1 September 2017

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