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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"Intercultural Competence"”.
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Intercultural Competence: A Quantitative Study of the Significance of Intercultural Competence and the Influence of College Experiences on Students' Intercultural Competence Development
This research is a detailed look at intercultural competence, an issue showing escalating importance in today's higher education and the society at large. In this study, intercultural competence was defined in light of the concept of culture and the contact hypothesis. Person-environment …
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Intercultural competence for public health nurses
… Little attention has been paid to the study of intercultural communication between public health nurses and their diverse clientele. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers affecting communication between public health nurses and their immigrant and refugee clients. The Developmental …
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Predictors of Intercultural Competence Among International Volunteers
… and service: IVS) has the potential to promote intercultural competence, or "the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in intercultural situations based on one's intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes": Deardorff, 2008: 33). Although conditions of IVS vary greatly across …
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Bridging cultures: Unpacking the learning process of intercultural competence
Contains fulltext : 326929.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
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An Examination of Chinese Private College Students’ Intercultural Competence
… “global-ready” graduates, developing students’ intercultural competence (IC) has become one of the core missions of international and Chinese higher education institutions. Given the scarcity of quantitative studies<strong> </strong>on Chinese private college students’ IC and inconsistent …
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Integrating Intercultural Competence into Graduate Education for Sustainability Professionals
Sustainability professionals often lack the intercultural competencies needed to effectively engage in the cooperative, collaborative work that must be accomplished to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. Higher education institutions are well-positioned to help meet …
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The Impact of Student Behavior and Motivation on Intercultural Competence
<p>Intercultural competence has become an important trait for university graduates to possess, but an investigation into the influence of multiple factors on the achievement of intercultural competence has not been undertaken. This research examines the influence of academic and social behaviors, …
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An assessment of the intercultural competence of student affairs administrators
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Department of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, 2010
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Toward intercultural competence : intercultural training for Japanese students in the United States
… can help Japanese students develop intercultural competence through predeparture and ongoing intercultural training so as to improve their capacity to adapt effectively to American cultural norms. The ultimate purpose of this thesis project was to help Japanese students who were …
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A contextualized instructional design approach : integrating intercultural competence development into email computer training
… communication within a diverse workplace poses intercultural communication challenges (Martin & Nakayama, 2007). This study aims to make a contribution to the literature by examining how these challenges can be addressed through email computer training. For this study, I set out to understand …
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Developing intercultural competence of faculty and staff members at Hanze International Business School
<p>lntercultural competence is seen as a necessary skill for international business studies graduates. Can faculty and staff members at international business studies programs improve their intercultural competence by participating in a series of intercultural learning activities? In this study 10 …
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Teaching Strategies to Improve Intercultural Competence of Business English Major Students in Jiangxi Province of China
… that the business English teachers encounter in intercultural education of business English majors in central part of China, and explore the teaching strategies that teachers are using to tackle those barriers. The teaching strategies were offered by a group of teachers in a university located in …
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Supervising with intercultural competence: A phenomenological study of mid-level higher education and student affairs professionals
… explored the phenomenon of supervising with intercultural competence. Mid-level student affairs supervisors who had intercultural mindsets and supervised across salient identity or cultural differences were interviewed in a semi-structured format, and the data was analyzed using the …
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Intercultural Competence Development: Exploring International Graduate Student Leaders' Journeys through Contemplation and Mindfulness-Based Inquiry
Given the globalization of education, intercultural competence (IC) is a pivotal learning outcome in student mobility and internationalization. While scholars conceptualize IC as the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in cross-cultural contexts, few studies have explored …
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Perceptions of Race and Privilege: An Examination of Intercultural Competence and Service-Learning in the Mississippi Delta
… region, and if that experience impacts their intercultural competence. The participants were University of Mississippi students (N=20) conducting service in the Mississippi Delta. The qualitative research included pre-service focus groups and post-service in-depth interviews, and syllabi and …
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An investigation into the intercultural competence of native and non-native English language teachers in London colleges
Intercultural communicative competence has come to be of greater interest in English language teaching and learning over the past decades. However, a review of relevant literature shows that there is a lack of research on English language teachers‘ perceptions of intercultural competence and how it …
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The Impact of Student Abroad on Intercultural Competence as a Professional Disposition: Narrative Stories from Student Affairs Professionals
… SAP could hinder students’ abilities to gain intercultural competence. The purpose of this narrative non-fiction study was to understand how SAP’ study abroad experiences helped them to grow and develop intercultural competence. Furthermore, the study aimed to identify how intercultural …
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French As a Second Language Teachers’ Conceptualizations and Pedagogical Views of Intercultural Awareness, Intercultural Competence, and Global Citizenship
… language (FSL) teachers’ conceptualizations of intercultural awareness (IA), intercultural competence (IC) and global citizenship (GC). Questions that guided the research were: ‘How does a purposeful sample of FSL teachers conceptualize GC?’, ‘How do they conceptualize and connect IA and IC to …
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An exploration of the experiences of expatriates and their accompanying spouses in terms of contact theory and intercultural competence
… development specialists have identified intercultural competence--a combination of affective, cognitive, and behavioral skills-as essential for executives to successfully manage the challenges of an increasingly diverse working environment.</p> <p>When couples are sent abroad on …
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