In today’s internationalized business world professionals are increasingly using technology to work across different cultures, locations, and time zones. Success in such multi-cultural environment depends largely on the team members’ cultural awareness and competence that could ensure smooth interaction and efficient contributions of all persons involved. To prepare future professionals for such communication and work process, the authors of this paper designed and implemented a joint project between 4th year students studying for a degree in International Economic Relations at the University of Economics in Varna, Bulgaria, and 1st year students from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) from the Business Administration major. The paper describes the process of collaboration within the project teams, the outcomes and the lessons learned from this educational experiment.
This paper describes a project implemented by students from the University of Economics in Varna and the University of Costa Rica as part of their respective English Language instruction. In the course of the project six teams comprising students from both universities collaborated to create blogs on topics of their choice. The paper dwells on aims of the project, the process that resulted in the creation of six blogs, the skills that students developed or furthered as a result of this activity and the project outcomes.
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