Virtual Conversations through Skype - One Practical Model at School of Foreign Languages - Thai Nguyen University

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2018 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 5 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Le Thi Hang and Nguyen Thi Minh Loan

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V5I6P110

How to Cite?

Le Thi Hang and Nguyen Thi Minh Loan, "Virtual Conversations through Skype - One Practical Model at School of Foreign Languages - Thai Nguyen University," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 5,  no. 6, pp. 55-58, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V5I6P110

Abstract:

The article suggests one model of using Skype software in order to develop intercultural communicative competence for students in the context of teaching in Vietnam, especially at institutions of higher education. This article also presents the practical model of Viet-Skype at the School of Foreign Languages - Thai Nguyen University and initial evaluation of its effectiveness on students’ intercultural communicative competence development

Keywords:

Skype, model, communication, conversation, ICC.

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