{"pk":36102,"title":"Using Professional Presentations to Improve Cross-Cultural Communication","subtitle":null,"abstract":"In this article, I explain how I used my interdisciplinary expertise in a TESOL classroom. The class consisted of 24 high-intermediate students ages 25 to 35, with a 65/35% male-to-female ratio. Of the students, 75% were Spanish speaking, while the remainder consisted of Farsi, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Mandarin, Korean, and German speakers. The class met at a Bay Area adult school 4 nights a week with an optional Saturday class. To achieve authentic cross-cultural communication, I used cooperative learning (CL) and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). The results showed that students gained cross-cultural awareness, improved computer skills, and developed authentic speaking skills.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Graduate Student Perspectives","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3dk9x0j0","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Victoria","middle_name":"Moran","last_name":"Vozza","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of San Francisco","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2014-01-01T10:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36102/galley/26954/download/"}]}