RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)4149810.22363/2313-1683-2024-21-1-203-219VKDLFMPERSONALITY IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONЛИЧНОСТЬ В МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИResearch ArticleAn International Learner-Made Video Project as a Tool to Develop EFL Students’ Intercultural Competence: Students’ PerceptionsМеждународный конкурс видеопроектов как средство формирования межкультурной компетентности студентовhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-1500C-1453-2017BaluyanSvetlana R.БалуянСветлана Размиковна

Doctor of Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Linguistics, Institute of Management in Economic, Environmental and Social Systems

доктор педагогических наук, доцент, профессор кафедры лингвистического образования, Институт управления в экономических, экологических и социальных системах

baluyans@sfedu.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6080-705557224923779C-3631-2017OvcharenkoVictoria P.ОвчаренкоВиктория Павловна

Candidate of Pedagogy, Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics, Institute of Management in Economic, Environmental and Social Systems

кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры лингвистического образования, Институт управления в экономических, экологических и социальных системах

ovcharenkovp@sfedu.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2488-789557200074947C-3668-2017PrivalovaYulia V.ПриваловаЮлия Владимировна

Candidate of Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Linguistics, Institute of Management in Economic, Environmental and Social Systems

кандидат педагогических наук, доцент, заведующая кафедрой лингвистического образования, Институт управления в экономических, экологических и социальных системах

privalovatyu@sfedu.ruSouthern Federal UniversityЮжный федеральный университет10112024211VOL 21, NO1 (2024)ТОМ 21, №1 (2024)20321910112024Copyright ©; 2024, Baluyan S.R., Ovcharenko V.P., Privalova Y.V.Copyright ©; 2024, Балуян С.Р., Овчаренко В.П., Привалова Ю.В.2024Baluyan S.R., Ovcharenko V.P., Privalova Y.V.Балуян С.Р., Овчаренко В.П., Привалова Ю.В.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/41498

The aim of this small-scale pilot study was to identify students’ perceptions of an international learner-made video project as an EFL educational tool, and its effect on improving the learners’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC). In addition, the authors tried to ascertain students’ views of the effect of their participation in such a project on improving their language and digital skills. The authors also aimed to clarify whether the students experienced the sense of L2 enjoyment through the project. The sample of this study consisted of 81 undergraduate students from eighteen countries who took part in the yearly International Competition of Student-Made Videos in Foreign Languages “University is my Universe” in the Southern Federal University (SFedU), Russia. To assess the students’ perceptions, the authors adapted a 14-item quantitative Likert scale questionnaire originally created by Freiermuth and Huang to evaluate students’ ICC development through cultural exchanges. The results showed that the use of learner-made video projects in teaching and learning English as a foreign language motivates students and helps them not only to develop their ICC but also to improve their language and digital skills. These two points, however, need further research.

Рассматривается опыт применения одной из инновационных образовательных технологий, используемых в рамках проектного метода обучения иностранным языкам, - Международного студенческого конкурса видеопроектов на английском языке. Исследование проводилось с целью выяснить мнение студентов о влиянии их участия в проекте на развитие у них межкультурной компетентности, языковых и цифровых навыков, а также мотивации к обучению. Выборку исследования составил 81 студент бакалавриата из 18 стран, принявшие участие в ежегодном Международном конкурсе студенческих видеороликов на иностранных языках «Университет - моя Вселенная» в Южном федеральном университете (ЮФУ). Для количественного анализа респондентам была предложена анкета из 14 вопросов с пятибалльной шкалой Лайкерта. Результаты исследования свидетельствуют, что создание видеороликов для проекта на английском языке в коллаборации со сверстниками из разных стран мотивирует студентов к изучению иностранных языков и помогает сформировать межкультурную компетентность. Кроме того, участие в проекте позволяет им развить умения и навыки во всех видах речевой деятельности (хотя и в различной степени) и повысить цифровую грамотность. Однако два последних утверждения требуют дальнейшего исследования.

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