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<p>Culture study is highly interdisciplinary, and thus a culture learning class in an educational institution often deals with many different cultural aspects. Accordingly, on different cultural topics to discuss in the class, it cannot be helped that students exhibit different degrees of interest on each topic. The current paper reports research on what kind of topics interest students based on gender and country of origin. The survey results showed great variation among students. Asian and female students relatively prefer less serious topics while male and European students tend to prefer serious and controversial topics to discuss with peers.</p>
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Culture study is highly interdisciplinary, and thus a culture learning class in an educational institution often deals with many different cultural aspects. Accordingly, on different cultural topics to discuss in the class, it cannot be helped that students exhibit different degrees of interest on each topic. The current paper reports research on what kind of topics interest students based on gender and country of origin. The survey results showed great variation among students. Asian and female students relatively prefer less serious topics while male and European students tend to prefer serious and controversial topics to discuss with peers.

Students’ interests in discussion topics in culture learning class

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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Culture study is highly interdisciplinary, and thus a culture learning class in an educational institution often deals with many different cultural aspects....

Students’ interests in discussion topics in culture learning class

Published Online: Jan 19, 2024

Page range: 26 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2023-0012

Keywords
culture, interest, discussion topic, international student, intercultural collaborative learning

© 2023 Shinichi Shoji, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Students’ interests in discussion topics in culture learning class

Published Online: Jan 19, 2024

Page range: 26 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2023-0012

Keywordsculture, interest, discussion topic, international student, intercultural collaborative learning

© 2023 Shinichi Shoji, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
culture, interest, discussion topic, international student, intercultural collaborative learning