DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH

This study aims to investigate Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) as an approach to help develop Indonesian and Japanese students’ intercultural competence and identify EFL communication strategies in a multilingual context. Qualitative data in the form of observation notes and post...

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Main Authors: Gin Gin Gustine, Brent Jones, Susi Septaviana Rachmawati, Dewi Kusrini, Husnul Yakin
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Language:English
Published: Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2743
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Brent Jones
Susi Septaviana Rachmawati
Dewi Kusrini
Husnul Yakin
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description This study aims to investigate Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) as an approach to help develop Indonesian and Japanese students’ intercultural competence and identify EFL communication strategies in a multilingual context. Qualitative data in the form of observation notes and post-conference questionnaires were collected during an annual online conference as part of a larger COIL project. The questionnaires were adopted from Intercultural Competence theory and EFL communication strategies to identify learner approaches to entering into discourse using a foreign language. Findings suggest that through COIL learning, Indonesian and Japanese students demonstrated a sufficient degree of intercultural competence in attitudes, knowledge, and skills; meanwhile, the most frequent communication strategies used in communicating their ideas in English were appeals for help and message reduction.
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spelling doaj-art-d4209522ef9945aba88dcea302cd14962025-08-20T03:51:53ZengAssociation for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)TEFLIN Journal0215-773X2356-26412025-07-0136110.15639/teflinjournal.v36i1/61-76DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACHGin Gin Gustine0Brent Jones1Susi Septaviana Rachmawati2Dewi Kusrini3Husnul Yakin4Universitas Pendidikan IndonesiaKonan University, JapanUniversitas Pendidikan IndonesiaUniversitas Pendidikan IndonesiaUniversitas Pendidikan Indonesia This study aims to investigate Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) as an approach to help develop Indonesian and Japanese students’ intercultural competence and identify EFL communication strategies in a multilingual context. Qualitative data in the form of observation notes and post-conference questionnaires were collected during an annual online conference as part of a larger COIL project. The questionnaires were adopted from Intercultural Competence theory and EFL communication strategies to identify learner approaches to entering into discourse using a foreign language. Findings suggest that through COIL learning, Indonesian and Japanese students demonstrated a sufficient degree of intercultural competence in attitudes, knowledge, and skills; meanwhile, the most frequent communication strategies used in communicating their ideas in English were appeals for help and message reduction. https://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2743COILIntercultural CompetenceEFL Communication Strategies
spellingShingle Gin Gin Gustine
Brent Jones
Susi Septaviana Rachmawati
Dewi Kusrini
Husnul Yakin
DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH
TEFLIN Journal
COIL
Intercultural Competence
EFL Communication Strategies
title DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH
title_full DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH
title_fullStr DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH
title_full_unstemmed DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH
title_short DEVELOPING EFL STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING (COIL) APPROACH
title_sort developing efl students intercultural competence and communication through the collaborative online international learning coil approach
topic COIL
Intercultural Competence
EFL Communication Strategies
url https://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2743
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