This study examines the motivations and experiences of international and domestic students on three U.S. campuses related to cross-national interactions within classroom settings. The study also examines the role of instructors in facilitating such interactions through individual and group interviews. Findings indicate that domestic students appreciate the global perspectives of international students related to course content. International students, in turn, appreciate the “real world” perspectives that domestic students provide about the US (but do not necessarily find value in their content-related comments). The implications of this study are that cross-national interactions have different meanings for different stakeholders (i.e., some perceive to benefit academically while others perceive to benefit culturally). The implications of this study relate to how instructors structure student interactions and what might be reasonable outcomes for students in international groups in postsecondary classrooms.

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“如果可以和其他人一起出去会更好”：对高中课堂中跨国互动的考察

这项研究考察了在三个美国校园中与教室环境中的跨国互动有关的国际和国内学生的动机和经验。该研究还考察了教师在通过个人和小组访谈促进这种互动中的作用。调查结果表明，国内学生欣赏与课程内容相关的国际学生的全球视野。反过来，国际学生欣赏国内学生对美国的“现实世界”观点（但不一定在与内容相关的评论中找到价值）。这项研究的含义是，跨国互动对于不同的利益相关者具有不同的含义（即，一些人认为在学术上受益，而另一些人则在文化上受益）。