Personality-based intercultural awareness in undergraduate translation students via postcrossing

Abstract

The study examines the necessity of a sustainable research network for transformative education, focusing on the Postcrossing phenomenon to analyze cross-cultural dynamics through authentic postcards. A mixed-methods approach was used, including a Postcrossing postcard-based questionnaire and personality assessment. The results highlight a significant relationship between personality types and intercultural interpretation skills, particularly among iNtuitive Thinking and iNtuitive Feeling types. This research demonstrates the potential of utilizing Postcrossing in translation studies and educational psychology to promote personality-based intercultural awareness.

Keywords:

• Postcrossing postcards
• undergraduate translation students
• intercultural awareness
• personality-based types

REVIEWING EDITOR:

• Lincoln Geraghty, School of Media and Performing Arts, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

SUBJECTS:

• ICT
• Intercultural Communication
• Visual Communication
• Educational Psychology
• Research Methods in Education
• Museum and Heritage Studies
• Culture
• Visual Arts
• Cultural Studies
• Language & Linguistics
• Language Teaching & Learning

Additional information

Funding

The research was carried out within the framework of the grants of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan: AP19679833 ‘The Connectivist Model of a Foreign Language Educational SMART-Environment in Kazakhstani Context: Necessity, Availability, and Development Strategy’.

Notes on contributors

Tatyana Yu. Shelestova

Tatyana Yu. Shelestova is a PhD, a leading researcher, and an associate professor of the Translation Theory and Practice Department of Buketov University in Karaganda. She is keen on lifelong learning and applying innovative approaches and techniques to teaching foreign language and translation students.

Anna N. Kalizhanova

Anna N. Kalizhanova is a master of philology and a senior lecturer in the Translation Theory and Practice Department of Buketov University in Karaganda. Being the responsible performer of several scientific projects, her true passion lies in teaching and translating foreign languages. Kalizhanova Anna N. is strongly for transdisciplinary studies and connectivism in foreign language education.

Marina V. Bedelbayeva

Marina V. Bedelbayeva is a candidate of historical sciences and head of the archaeology and ethnography museum of Buketov University in Karaganda. She is eager to increase student youth awareness of Central Kazakhstan’s historical and cultural heritage and to popularize it both domestically and internationally.