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sometimes I don’t know how to explain or you know. or say it or write it or maybepart of it because I am kinda like aware that I would make mistake on grammarIn relation to the teacher support online there were very few positive or negativecomments. However, as with online communication in general some of thestudents appeared dissatisfied with the lack of immediate response.Extract 6Pat: when I wonder about something in jargon in definition or something I canask ask the teacher in the class immediately but when if we learn in the courseonline we can can’t do it we must waitOnly one of the students seemed to have had technical problems with the coursebut some of the students asked for more sophisticated technical content and inparticular video.An area of the course that many of the students expressed particularly positiveattitudes towards was the discussion forum. Students felt that this was a very goodway to exchange opinions and also to learn new things both from the tutors andfrom other students.Extract 7Pat: we will have different ideas about many things so I think discussion is thegreat way to exchange this idea and make make make us under- understandeach otherPin: sometimes I don’t really stand- understand it until I go to the discussionroom…yeah. and see other people talk and then I will much understandThere were almost no negative comments in relation to the discussion forum apartfrom the already expressed concerns over the difficulty of online communication.In relation to the learning objects (LOs) or weekly activities there were farfewer comments. Most of the comments were related to the actual content ofthe materials and will be discussed in relation to intercultural communication,intercultural awareness and global Englishes. Regarding the chat sessions, asalready commented on, many of the students were not able to attend at the timesoffered but the few comments that were given related to the positive aspectsof having synchronous communication and that they were ‘real’ examples ofintercultural communication.Extract 8Or: l like the chat se- session better because um we can er have a realintercultural communication. and I feel like we can share the opinions face-tofacemore than er just answer in the er discussion groupIntercultural Awareness Thailand | 283