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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"intercultural awareness"”.
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Intercultural awareness education in grades kindergarten through fourth
<p>This thesis examines how intercultural awareness education can be taught to kindergarten through fourth grade children. The concept of what it means to be interculturally aware and what is needed for teachers to instinct awareness in young students is examined. Literature research and data …
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Intercultural awareness and intercultural communication through English: an investigation of Thai English language users in higher education
… relationships between languages and cultures in intercultural communication is needed, which emphasises the fluid and dynamic nature of any connections. The thesis focuses on cultural awareness (CA) as an approach to equipping learners and users of English for the diversity of 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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The role that experiential learning plays in intercultural awareness development: A case study of South Korean students sojourning in New Zealand
… social networks and the development of intercultural competence (Shiri, 2015). What has not been investigated in-depth are the perceptions that the sojourning students’ perceptions of the quality of experience that homestays and other informal activities they undergo, and the overall …
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The benefits of intercultural interactions: a position paper on the effects of study abroad and intercultural competence on pre-service and active teachers of ESL
… immersion programs, second language acquisition, intercultural awareness, and the pre-service English as a Second Language instructors' ability to provide interculturally aware TESL education to their language learners. A review of the literature connected to intercultural awareness and second …
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Re-entry training and education for returning sojourner undergraduates of French grandes écoles
… semiautonomous, in-house institute for advanced intercultural training and studies with the combined aims of a) meeting the immediate and longer-term needs of returning sojourners and b) enhancing intercultural awareness at the school generally.</p> <p>This study focuses specifically on the …
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Exploring Engineering Faculty Experiences and Networks in Integrating Ethics Education: Insights from a University-Wide Curriculum Reform
… university-wide initiative aimed at integrating intercultural awareness and ethical reasoning across general education courses. Through a case study methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 faculty in the College of Engineering. Participants shared insights on the barriers …
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Achieving intercultural knowledge through global awareness programming at liberal arts college
<p>This thesis investigated the success of global awareness co,curricular programming as a tool for increasing intercultural knowledge at a liberal arts college. The study asked the following question: do internationally themed campus-wide events increase student interest in, and appreciation of, …
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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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Using Novels in English Language Teaching in Cyprus
… contribute to the increase of students’ language awareness. Additionally, the findings resulting from an examination of the students and teachers’ beliefs substantiate and promote the catalytic role of novels in developing an intercultural awareness, where language and culture are seen as …
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The Role of Literary Texts in Pakistani EFL Classrooms: Issues and Challenges
… lack of prior linguistic competence and intercultural awareness may challenge their ability to understand and comprehend some references of foreign cultures and vocabulary items used in the classical literary texts taught in the context of this study. The study also revealed that the role …
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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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An exploratory study of expressing disagreement in ELF academic group discussion
… linguacultural backgrounds clearly exhibit intercultural awareness. They are aware of, sensitive to, and even respectful for, cultural differences and, particularly in academic group discussion, they are evidently flexible and adaptable to the group dynamic. Also, the participants appear to …