By means of a cross-cultural virtual teams project involving classrooms in Scotland, Germany, and Portugal, students were exposed to the challenges of collaborating internationally with the intention of increasing their intercultural competency. Intercultural sensitivity and intercultural communication competency were measured using responses to surveys before and after the 6-week project. Students reported, among other aspects, a heightened awareness of the difficulties of intercultural communication. Despite a general appreciation of the project and its outcomes, negative results, such as an increased dislike of intercultural interaction, emerged. Contradictory results warrant further investigation with data from future collaborations.

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通过全球课堂的虚拟团队协作培养跨文化能力

通过一个涉及苏格兰、德国和葡萄牙教室的跨文化虚拟团队项目，学生们面临着国际合作的挑战，旨在提高他们的跨文化能力。在为期 6 周的项目之前和之后，使用对调查的回应来衡量跨文化敏感性和跨文化沟通能力。学生们报告说，除其他外，他们对跨文化交流的困难有了更高的认识。尽管对该项目及其成果普遍赞赏，但还是出现了负面结果，例如越来越不喜欢跨文化互动。矛盾的结果需要进一步调查来自未来合作的数据。