Download or read book Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice written by Michael Byram and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2001-07-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now widely recognised that learning a language should not just involve linguistic competence but also intercultural competence. It is also clear that intercultural competence can be developed through related subjects such as geography, history, mother tongue teaching. This book takes this as a given and provides practical help for teachers who wish to help their learners acquire intercultural competence in the ordinary classroom. It contains descriptions of lessons and materials from a wide range of classrooms in several countries and for beginners to advanced learners.
Download or read book Interkulturelle Kompetenz vermitteln erwerben anwenden written by Ilse Born-Lechleitner and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2015 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Intercultural Learning written by Sarah Kniel and published by kassel university press GmbH. This book was released on 2009 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interkulturelles Lernen mit multi ethnischen Texten aus den USA written by Sharon E. Zaharka and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Global View on Intercultural Management written by Jürgen Rothlauf and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever their industry of origin, all companies are facing the same challenge to a greater or lesser degree: globalization. It is becoming more and more evident that companies need to plan ahead and anticipate coming developments if they are to be successful in the future. Today, it is crucial to establish a solid competitive position in the global arena. There is no doubt that a corporate culture that is open to innovation and shaped by global thinking, plays a key role in this context. A culture in which representatives of different countries und cultures can come together, anticipating and understanding the cultural challenges, creates the foundation of any international business. A global view on intercultural management will be the key to successfully doing business in diverse cultural environments.
Download or read book Intercultural Trainings for German Expatriates Going to China written by Caroline Zamor and published by Igel Verlag. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing international interconnection of the world’s economics has the consequence that more and more German employees have to stay abroad for a longer time.The south-east Asian and especially the Chinese economic environment are gaining a bigger and bigger role – also for the German textile market due to a strong economic growth, the low wage level. Especially in the manufacturing branch this is an important decision factor - at approximately € 0, 32 per hour and the size of a potential market. The low wage level will not rise in the near future but the fact that China’s economic importance is growing requires a new kind of approach to enter the market in any kind of way. Since Germany is a country with only few raw materials the requirements of manpower have changed. During the last years the persons in the responsible departments became aware that China does require special skills regarding management, communication and intercultural interactions. A relatively new area of research has become more and more important for the human resource departments in German companies: the intercultural preparation of employees and expatriates who are the ones that fill the key positions for the exchange of information between the parent company and the office abroad. For a successful expatriation a profound preparation regarding intercultural communication and behaviour is needed. The better the preparation the better will be the expatriation for the company and the expatriate. A failed dispatch abroad can cost the company approximately € 125.000, - per employment. Furthermore the consequences for the expatriate can also be disastrous: social and professional decline and e.g. depression.This work has the aim to answer the following questions: How does well designed training programs look like? What kind of possibilities do exist? Who does offer intercultural training in Germany? How are employees in German textile and clothing companies prepared in practice compared to other industries? Is the investment in intercultural training useful, efficient and worth it?
Download or read book Interkulturelles Lernen und Lehren written by Stefan Kammhuber and published by Springer-Verlag. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stefan Kammhuber unterzieht prototypische interkulturelle Trainigsmodelle einer kritischen Analyse und entwirft eine interkulturelle Lernkonzeption, die sowohl theoretisch begründbar ist als auch einen hohen Transfer des Gelernten verspricht.
Download or read book Handbook of Intercultural Communication written by Helga Kotthoff and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a ?problem-solving? approach to the various issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. The editors have brought together experts from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, psychology and anthropology, to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the field, whilst simultaneously anchoring it in Applied Linguistics. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of intercultural communication presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field
Download or read book Interkulturelles Lernen written by Britta Wirth and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Englisch - Pädagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Fremdsprachendidaktik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: ...Eine Negierung kultureller Unterschiede oder der undifferenzierte Umgang mit verschiedenen Orientierungssystemen resultiert häufig in Vorurteilen und/oder in der Nicht-Akzeptanz ausländischer Jugendlicher. Daher sollen die Schüler und Schülerinnen (SuS) auf die unterschiedlichen Lebenswelten aufmerksam gemacht und ein differenzierter Umgang mit eben diesen eingeübt werden. Die Ziele interkultureller Bildung sowie internationaler Schülerbegegnungen sind Gegenstand dieser Seminararbeit. Zusätzlich wird das Lernen im Tandem als Methode interkultureller Bildungsarbeit während internationaler Schülerbegegnungen vorgestellt. Zunächst wird der Begriff des interkulturellen Lernens definiert (Kap. 2). Sowohl die Ziele, als auch der Wert internationaler Begegnungen sollen aufgezeigt werden. Kapitel drei stellt die Bedeutung internationaler Schüleraustausche für die interkulturelle Kompetenz dar. Zum einen wird auf die Erklärung der Kultusministerkonferenz von 1996 und zum anderen auf die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen interkultureller Schülerbegegnungen eingegangen. Schließlich erfolgt eine Darstellung des Lernens im Tandem. Die beiden unterschiedlichen Formen des Tandemlernens und deren Integrationsmöglichkeiten in den schulischen Fremdsprachenunterricht werden erläutert. Abschließend erfolgen eine kurze Zusammenfassung des Themas und eine eigene Stellungsnahme. ...
Download or read book Online Intercultural Exchange written by Robert O'Dowd and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an overview of how online technology is being used for foreign language learning, this title assesses three different models of telecollaboration and covers theoretical approaches to online intercultural exchange as well as practical aspects.
Download or read book ABC s of Cultural Understanding and Communication written by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a valuable one for teacher educators and teacher education programs in the United States and Europe, since it is organized around numerous data sources. It contains national and international adaptations of the ABC’s of Cultural Understanding and Communication. Authors for this book represent many languages and cultures and know, first hand, the socially constructed issues related to language, culture, and ethnicity. This book promises to make a significant contribution to preparing teachers to work with families and children. It should be read by all teacher educators as well as preservice and inservice teachers. In the new millennium teachers must redefine their responsibilities to ensure that ALL children have the opportunity to succeed. ABC’s of Cultural Understanding and Communication: National and International Adaptations is a perfect place to start.
Download or read book Interkulturelles Lernen written by Vesna Petruseva and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2004-12-09 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Didaktik für das Fach Deutsch - Pädagogik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 2, Universität Hamburg, Veranstaltung: Seminar Ib, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Als erstes soll man den Begriff Kultur klären bevor man sich mit interkulturellem Lernen beschäftigt, denn er ist grundlegend dafür. Wie auch problematisch dieser Begriff zu sein scheint, es gibt eine Übereinstimmung darüber, dass der Kulturbegriff in Hinsicht des interkulturellen Lernens breiter gefasst werden muss. Nicht nur die hohe Kultur, wie Literatur, Kunst, Musik, sondern auch und besonders die Alltagskultur, d.h. der Umgang der Menschen mit einander im täglichen Leben muss berücksichtigt werden. „Kultur ist die gesamte Art zu leben, inklusive Werte, Glauben, ästhetische Standards, linguistische Ausdrucksweisen, Gedankenmuster, Verhaltensnormen und Kommunikationsweisen, welche eine Gruppe von Menschen entwickelt hat, um ihr Überleben in einer bestimmten physischen und menschlichen Umwelt zu sichern.“ Die Kultur ist eine Interaktion zwischen ihr und ihre Mitglieder: sie prägt sie, wird aber gleichzeitig von ihren Mitgliedern gestaltet. Sie ist Reaktion und Antwort auf die geltenden und bestimmten Bedürfnisse ihrer Mitglieder. Dieser erweiterte Begriff umfasst auch Teile der Gesellschaft (Subkulturen) mit ihren materiellen und immateriellen ‚Äußerungen’ wie Sitten, Bräuche, Regeln, Gesetze, Religion, Kunst, usw. Beim interkulturellen Lernen gilt das Prinzip der Gleichwertigkeit der Kulturen. Wenn zwei Kulturen verglichen werden, werden sie nicht bewertet, welche ‚besser’ und welche ‚schlechter’ ist, sondern es geht darum anzuerkennen, dass verschiedene Kulturen verschiedene kreative Möglichkeiten (unter vielen) darstellen, die Welt zu strukturieren und zu ordnen. Die Kultur hat die Funktion eines Orientierungssystems. Nach diesem System werden die Dinge wahrgenommen, es beeinflusst unser Denken, Handeln, Werten. Dadurch wird unsere Zugehörigkeit zur Gesellschaft bestimmt. Jede Kultur ist ein spezifisches Referenzsystem, das sich von anderen unterscheidet und eigene Standards hat. Auf der Grundlage von einem in der gesellschaftlichen Gruppe geteilten Bestand an Wissen über Denk-, Vorstellungs-, Wahrnehmungs- und Verhaltensformen sowie Handlungspraktiken, werden Standards für Handeln und Maßstäbe für Bewertungen gesetzt.
Download or read book Intercultural Mediation and Conflict Management Training written by Claude-Hélène Mayer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-23 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the topic of intercultural mediation and conflict management. Based on the latest scientific research and successful conflict management practices, it provides theoretical insights and practical, self-reflective exercises, role-plays and case studies on conflict, mediation, intercultural mediation, and solution-finding in conflict mediation. The book serves both as a self-learning tool to expand personal competences and cultural sensitivity, and as training material for seminars, workshops, secondary, advanced and higher education and vocational training. It is a valuable contribution to the fields of intercultural conflict mediation and conflict management, intercultural communication, intercultural training and coaching. This is a book about practicing – the applied practice of competent conflict crafts in diverse intercultural contexts. Conflict practitioners, mediators, and intercultural trainers would be inspired by Professor Claude-Hélène Mayer’s creative integration of relevant intercultural models with do-able conflict strategies and in reaching intergroup harmony with reflexivity and cultural resonance. --- Professor Stella Ting-Toomey, Human Communication Studies, California State University at Fullerton, USA, and Co-Editor of The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication, 2e Given the difficulty and complexity of successful intercultural collaboration and conflict mediation, this is a much-needed addition to cross-cultural positive psychology. It is rich in content and training. I highly recommend it for teaching, corporate training, and for executive coaches. --- Professor Paul T.P. Wong, President International Network on Personal Meaning and President Meaning-Centered Counselling Institute, Toronto, Canada Intercultural conflict resolution is a critically important task in this modern world. This book by Professor Mayer is a welcome handbook on how to use mediation to resolve those conflicts. It should be in the library of every conflict mediator. My congratulations to Professor Mayer for her important work. --- Dan Landis, Founding President, International Academy of Intercultural Research, Affiliate Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii
Download or read book Intercultural Communicative Competence and Short Stays Abroad Perceptions of Development written by Sarah Boye and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2016 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of interculturality being an essential part of a language learner's toolkit is widely accepted. Less certain is exactly what interculturality is and how to determine who has it, who does not have it and, importantly, how to get it: this book is concerned with these questions. The work presented here explores the concept of intercultural communicative competence as an aim of foreign language learning. It examines in particular the role of student mobility and how short stays abroad affect higher education students' perceptions of their development of this complex competence. It explores the coinage of the term intercultural communicative competence and the current debate regarding its definition, usage and usefulness. The work then moves on to describing an empirical study in which students who are studying English at a German university participate in an eight-week short stay abroad to the English-speaking world and are asked about their perceived development of intercultural communicative competence and the ways in which their expectations for the stay abroad are met. Developing intercultural communicative competence is an institutional aim of the stay abroad, and therefore the ways the participants make sense of this competence are of interest. Through case study research and quantitative questionnaires data are gathered, analysed and described. The study shows that even a short stay abroad helps develop intercultural communicative competence albeit in individually different ways.
Download or read book Autobiography of intercultural encounters written by Martyn Barrett and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tool for developing intercultural competence and facilitating the emergence of intercultural citizenship in those who use it. In the contemporary world, encounters with people from other cultural backgrounds have become part of our everyday lives. These intercultural encounters may be used as an opportunity to learn about other cultures, to develop our capacities for effective and respectful communication, to think about our own cultural affiliations and to reflect on ways in which we might take action for the common good. The Autobiography of intercultural encounters (AIE) is an educational resource that can be used by learners to achieve all of these outcomes. It supports learners in thinking about and learning from intercultural encounters that they have experienced either face to face, through visual media (such as television, films, magazines) or through the internet. Revised and updated editions of the various versions of the AIE that have been developed can be found in three separate volumes which accompany the present volume. The present volume contains two accompanying papers, “Context, concepts and theories” and “Concepts for discussion”. The former discusses the policy context and conceptual and theoretical issues relating to intercultural encounters and is intended for readers who wish to understand the ideas that underlie the design of the AIE. The latter provides less technical discussions of key concepts related to culture, identity and intercultural encounters and can be used with learners in upper secondary education or the early years of higher education and in non-formal and informal education.
Download or read book Acquiring Intercultural Communicative Competence from Textbooks written by Lies Sercu and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates whether and to what extent foreign language textbooks can contribute to promoting adolescent pupils' acquisition of intercultural communicative competence. It gives a full scientific account of a research project carried out amongst Flemish learners of German. The focus of the research was on the relationships between the culture teaching approaches adopted in textbooks and the pupils' learning of culture. Although the sub-title refers to a particular group of pupils learning a particular language, the study has more general bearing and constitutes a substantial contribution to the literature, and in particular empirical research, on the development of intercultural competence in and through foreign language education.The composition of the volume reflects the affective, cognitive and contact dimensions of the culture learning process. It also gives space to the theoretical platform on which the research was built, and to the research methodology adopted. Chapter 1 sets out to contextualise and define the research topic. It clarifies the study's position within the field of culture-and-language learning-and-teaching theory, practice and research. It also situates the investigation into the specific context of teaching and learning foreign languages-and-cultures in Flanders. In chapter 2 the theoretical framework informing the study is developed. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the techniques of data collection and analysis employed, of the kinds of data collected, and of the chronology of data collection. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 provide an interpretative description and analysis of the investigation's key concepts. Chapters 4 and 5 focus on the pupils' culture learning processes and analyse relationships between attitude, contact and perception data. In chapter 6 the culture teaching approaches adopted in the investigated textbook series are described and evaluated with regard to their potential for promoting the pupils' learning of culture. Chapter 7, finally, provides a summary overview of the study's main findings and presents the main conclusions that can be drawn from the evidence presented in earlier chapters. It estimates the value of the study's research methodology and theoretical framework. It also reflects on how the research findings can find application and implementation.
