Intercultural Competence - Science topic

Intercultural competence refers to the ability to effectively communicate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds while utilizing one's intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes. To become a competent teacher in English, preservice teacher education students would have to be able to manage a classroom with students from different cultura...

Utilizing a structural equation modeling approach, this article aims to examine the dynamics between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and Intercultural Competence (ICC). Altogether, 1490 Chinese college students from different types of universities in China answered the self-developed and validated IDLE-ICC questionnaire. The results ind...

The advancement of studies in pragmatics underscores the undeniable role of cultural awareness in expressing various communication functions like speech acts. Hence, the purpose of the present study revolved around investigating the possible interrelationships between (1) intercultural sensitivity and refusal speech act, and (2) intercultural sensi...

Background An International Health Elective (IHE) can be a unique learning experience for students. However, it has proven difficult to clearly define learning outcomes that capture the complexity of an IHE and are aligned with future professional performance. This study aimed to further define learning outcomes for IHEs in low- to middle-income co...

This metasynthesis critically surveyed and evaluated the learning impacts on counselor and psychology trainees' multicultural development and intercultural competence through participating in cultural immersion (CI), based on published qualitative research evidence. Accordingly, this metasynthesis identified and assessed the characteristics, the me...

The aim of this paper is to propose a methodological framework for incorporating multicultural education into foreign language teaching using a task-based approach. The paper presents three objectives for achieving this aim: (1) investigate the role of multicultural education in foreign language teaching (FLT); (2) examine the effectiveness of task...

In response to the challenges of the 21st century, the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has been committed to the development of a training model that focuses on the acquisition of cognitive, physical, and social competences, among others, rather than the mere acquisition of knowledge. This approach has gained momentum in recent years, where t...

The aim of this study is twofold. First, explore the relationship between intercultural competence, and self-awareness and psychological well-being among the Arabic-speaking immigrant population in Finland; and second, compare the results of this study with a previous one conducted with Syrian refugees in Germany, with exactly the same methodology...

This study combines insights from psycholinguistics and text analysis to identify linguistic markers of intercultural competence (ICC) in 1,635 blogs about intercultural experiences, written by 672 Hotel Management students. By combining holistic ICC frameworks with a text-analytical approach at word level, we were able to demonstrate that blogs wi...

The contribution of action research to teacher education as well as to refugee education has been highlighted in the international literature. Through action research, teachers can link educational theories with everyday school practices. In addition, the participation of refugees in action research, especially in cooperation with members of the do...

One of the long-term aims of the European Union is to incorporate intercultural education into lessons in foreign languages. However, studies have shown that teachers of foreign languages often do not know what intercultural teaching involves and are themselves not interculturally competent. The aim of an elective course Intercultural training in a...

Higher education institutions today are expected to not only equip students with the skills and qualifications required to succeed professionally but also to prepare them to develop active learning strategies, build successful interpersonal relations-both at local and global levels-and be active citizens who are able to handle change and uncertaint...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of reflective practice in foreign language teaching and learning (FLT) through the lens of multicultural education. The paper outlines three main objectives: (1) to provide an overview of reflective practice in FLT and its intersection with multicultural education, (2) to examine the methodology of u...

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of optimizing the methodology of teaching English to students in the field of physical culture and sports through the using of communicative methods, information and communication technologies, etc. The article proves the need for the formation of communicative and intercultural competence, which will all...

Promoting Intercultural Competencies using International Peer Interactions

This study aimed at evaluating the culture component of the Algerian secondary school textbooks, from two imbricated theoretical perspectives: critical pedagogy and the modern orientation of teaching English as a lingua franca . .More specifically, it aimed at finding out whether the culture component of the Algerian secondary school textbooks, on...

We report on work to explore instructor intercultural competence and its relationship with the effectiveness of mathematics teaching in post-secondary settings. Results are from quantitative and qualitative inquiry into the mathematical knowledge for teaching and intercultural orientations of 15 instructors and 476 of their undergraduate students....

Background: U.S. pharmacy schools need to engage in improving intercultural competence among administrators, faculty, staff, and students. The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) can be a possible tool to determine the level of intercultural competence. U.S. pharmacy schools need to examine the validity of the IDI within the context of healt...

Educating refugee children is a demanding process, as teachers must have special knowledge, skills and attitudes. In Greece, many efforts have been made to educate refugee children by creating refugee reception and integration classes in schools and recruiting temporary staff. Still, teachers face various problems in language teaching and children’...

This paper explores the experiences and perspectives of parents from minority-ethnic backgrounds concerning their children's education in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland. Five focus groups were conducted with 20 parents of non-White African and Asian backgrounds. Our findings demonstrate complex interactions and tensions between home an...

This article investigates the increasing prominence of intercultural and global skills assessment in study abroad administration and pedagogy, and how it influences the practice of international education and the roles it plays in the administrative spaces of U.S. higher education. Drawing on a series of interviews with administrators, faculty lead...

With China’s intercultural communication research constantly going deeper, it is necessary to gain a global perspective with regard to the development of this field. Based on Delphi method, this paper identifies eight prestigious intercultural communication journals overseas, reviews 495 articles published in 2018-2020, and analyzes them from the a...

Postulates of social work profession and ethical codes encompass principles commanding that social worker need to possess a knowledge basis on the culture of the user, especially those coming from a different culture. In this context, the acquisition of intercultural competences is one of the primary goals of the social work studies. The conducted...

Intercultural Competence Assessment (ICA) has recently become a central issue in applied linguistics in general, and language testing and assessment in particular. The present paper aims to investigate the difference between native and non-native assessment experts' beliefs about incorporating ICA in the Language Proficiency Assessment (LPA). Basic...

The soaring demand for intercultural competence (IC) in the globalized world has made it a key concern in foreign language education. Most existing training on IC has often focused on providing immersive intercultural experiences, equipping learners with cultural knowledge, and simulating intercultural situations. However, some of these approaches...

Young Chinese who undertake Polish studies show great interest in Polish culture. In glottodidactics, acquiring intercultural competence is achieved by integrating language learning with getting to know the entire cultural context. To develop this competence, it is necessary to be aware of one’s own culture and the ability to interpret it in the co...

The notion that English as a foreign language (EFL) education is instrumental in fostering internationalization and intercultural competencies is widespread. Governments around the world often make such claims. For example, the Taiwan Ministry of Education touts the value of English in helping Taiwanese people to become “global citizens” (Republic...

Early EFL in the Greek preschool was introduced and piloted in 2020-2021 and it was generalized in 2021-2022. EAN project was developed by three collaborating institutions to support early EFL, providing training, monitoring, support and educational materials to all stakeholders. It was based on the lessons learned during the pilot phase and took i...

In this study, an attempt is made to differentiate two sets of widely used ELT textbooks in the Iranian context based on the representation of intercultural communicative competence (ICC). In accord with the theoretical assumptions underlying Byram’s (1997) work, we analyzed seven textbooks to find out how they take into consideration the intercult...

A common challenge for most students in intercultural contexts both in their academic studies ‎and future careers is balancing speaking opportunities for talkative and less talkative students. ‎The differences in individuals’ communication styles due to their backgrounds may lead to ‎some concerns about intercultural competencies. In this respect,...

Synchronous computer-mediated communication in the online language classroom has gained growing attention in the wake of the worldwide epidemic. Nevertheless, only a few researchers have studied it through bibliometric analyses. This study aimed to retrospect the previous development and figure out the role of intercultural competence, social prese...

This paper presents the results of the seminar concept and the accompanying research conducted on inter- and transcultural learning in Virtual Reality (VR). As part of a university seminar, TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) students designed lessons for advanced learners of high school English that focused on the development of empathy...

Unlabelled: In this study we measured the effect of COIL on intercultural competence development using a quasi-experimental design. Our sample consisted of 108 undergraduate students from two universities, one located in the Netherlands (NL) and one in the United States (US). Students' self-reported intercultural competence was measured using a pr...

Indigenous students who are linked to Higher Education in Colombia, present difficulties such as dropout and low academic performance because of, among other reasons, to the poor development of writing skills and intercultural communicative competence they hold. The objective of the research reported in this text was, on one hand, to determine the...

Il presente articolo mira a delineare tre principali approcci all'insegnamento della cultura nell’ambito dell’educazione linguistica: nazionale, interculturale e transnazionale. Il primo paradigma si basa sul concetto di nazionalità, il che significa che il contenuto culturale è per lo più riferito al contesto nazionale dominante, indipendentemente...

Structural competency is an emerging paradigm for both the training of health professionals and the creation of a common language addressing structural processes that determine health disparities. However, its application to the field of epidemiological design and research is absent. Based on our previous proposal of a tool for Structural and Inter...

This study explores international practicums in Norwegian teacher education. The study is based on a qualitative survey of teacher education institutions in combination with discourse analysis of the white paper on the internationalisation of education (Meld. St. 7 (2020—2021)). The aimis to contribute towards synthesising knowledge on the use of i...

The European Union is a diverse community with 27 member states and 24 official languages. Obviously, with such cultural diversity, the European Union should solve wisely for reconciliation. As a solution, the European Union is putting forward an intercultural policy based on interculturalism. This is a matter directly related to the solidarity of...

The 21st century has evolved when it comes to the presence of technology. Internet development has entailed a revolution in human life, especially in the field of interaction. The world has moved from the first Web 1.0 to Web 5.0, which not only allows users to access information but also to interact with millions of other users from every part of...

Migration and Health: Enhancing Intercultural Competence and Diversity Sensitivity

Intercultural competence (IC) has gained a better positionality in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education in Vietnam to enable young people to become effective global citizens. Accordingly, the development of comprehensive IC is considered to be an officially stated objective of the reformed EFL curriculum, and a great body of intercultural...

Globalization is changing the way we look at the world and affecting the healthcare sector. There is a need to implement intercultural competence among healthcare workers. The postulation of intercultural medicine was created due to the influence of cultural barriers to effective healthcare. In order to avoid cultural stereotypes due to the decisiv...

The relevance of the research topic is that modern societies are diverse and face several challenges that appear to threaten sustainable community development. Many of them are related to diversity and intercultural communication issues. The purpose of the article is to determine the main aspects and practical applications of diversity and intercul...

Intercultural competence is a very complex concept with many levels and perspectives. The role of cross-cultural communication competence in the school environment is very important. The existence of students from various cultural backgrounds complements cultural diversity. Cross-cultural communication competence in this study refers to the objecti...

Internationalization of higher education is entering a new phase. There is a shift from external internationalization with a strong focus on a small elite of mobile students, faculty, and programs to internal internationalization open to all members of the academic community. The purpose of the work is to determine the current trends in the interna...

The main objective of this study is to describe how through the internationalization of the curriculum strategy, professional can develop research competences, collaborate with others, and research impact can be achieved in the Baltic region. The phenomenon of globalization required countries to interconnect and be open to trade, generating a new e...

The purpose of this paper is to present, from the perspective of intercultural communication, how foreign languages, and especially English, could be taught to students at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania. Starting from what they claim their expectations with respect to how foreign languages would help them in their...

The present study aims to develop an intercultural competence (IC) instrument for Chinese students of Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL). In order to do so, we took steps to modify the statements and confirm the validity of the IC instrument. The new instrument was validated by using exploratory factor analysis through a self-report methodology. T...

Adherence to the principles of academic culture is one of the main values of the corporate cultural environment of the university community of any HEI. Today, the implementation of each of the numerous functions of education - pedagogical, developmental, didactic and methodological, socio-pedagogical, value-oriented, as well as the function of prof...

The article offers some reflections on the so-called 'intercultural perspective to the teaching of modern languages' or 'intercultural linguistic education'. It focuses in particular on a relatively recent development of the discipline, linked to the attempt to adopt a non-essentialist definition of 'culture' in glottodidactics. Unlike the well-kno...

For students to sustain their learning beyond higher education, it is important for them to develop their evaluative judgement. Although the importance of evaluative judgement is well-established, the process through which students make such judgements remains contested. This study explores students’ evaluative judgement process by asking 20 engine...

International education, as a political agenda, aims at fostering international student exchange thereby pursuing diversified respective objectives, ranging from economic benefits, across geopolitical strategies, to peace building or geostrategic identity building. Within the field of teacher education, the focus has always been on intercultural un...

This study addresses interculturality and Intercultural Competence (IC) by connecting university students in Spain and Sri Lanka through the use of the Soqqle app, an education-based video app. The students were asked to create five videos independently using English as a lingua franca and upload each video to the app related to the assigned tasks....

This evidence-based practice paper investigates how an intercultural mentoring relationship can flourish and be maintained. Also, it attends to the role of intercultural competence in undergraduate research. As the participants of this collaborative autoethnography, we, the authors, reflect on our mentoring practice for 9 months across 16 sessions....

The article deals with the essence, structure and key characteristics of the concept of "intercultural competence". The components of the structure of intercultural competence of future combat and operational support specialists are analyzed. On the basis of the analysis we came to the conclusion that it has an integrative nature and is manifested...

Izbjeglice, tražitelji azila i druge ranjive skupine migranata specifična su kategorija učenika inog jezika koja postaje sve brojnija u današnjem društvu, zbog čega se konteksti poučavanja, ali i potrebne vještine poučavatelja jezika dinamično mijenjaju. Klasično institucionalno poučavanje u okvirima nastavnih kurikula i modula zamijenili su nefor-...

This article examines the presence of the “Russian soul” in the practices of the Russian language for the past 10 years and its role in creating a stereotypical image of the Russian culture in the formation of intercultural competence (IC) among students. The first part offers a brief genealogy of the concept of the “Russian soul.” The second part...

Intercultural competence is an increasingly debated subject, at least in foreign specialized literature, not in the national one, especially in the context of university education where most exchanges of experience take place between universities from various European countries and not only. The purpose of this article is to identify and clarify fr...

The internationalisation of higher education institutions is mainly focused on mobility programs. Increasingly programs try to improve the intercultural learning of their students through internationalising their curriculum and assessing their intercultural experiences. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the acquisition of intercultural c...

The presentation is about the examination of Intercultural Competence in existing Translation Competence Models.

International students, especially those studying in English language institutes at universities in the United States, often struggle to create connections with local students and the host community. Learners of non-English languages also struggle to find opportunities to practice languages that are uncommon in the surrounding community. This Pract...

The problem of formation of professional intercultural competence is relevant in the conditions of post-industrial postmodern society. The article highlights main trends in factors of intercultural competence. The article considers different approaches to determining the foreign language competence of tourism experts to intercultural competence. Th...

Extensive research has been done to identify the conceptual components of intercultural competence (IC), which resulted in a plethora of models and a wide array of differently defined constructs that are in use today to develop and assess IC. However, the majority of IC research comes from relatively similar contexts that are westernised, high on t...

This paper explores the understudied topic of international student sojourners' emotional intercultural competence in higher education by analysing Chinese postgraduate students' experiences of managing their emotions evoked during intercultural communication at a British university. Through ethnographic interviews, this study examines how students...

Libraries and library professionals are challenged daily to adapt to the changing cultural makeup of the colleges and universities in which they are situated. Being culturally competent is a journey, and more research needs to be done to determine where library workers are in their individual journeys in order for libraries to be inclusive and adap...

Digitalization has great potential for the internationalization of university teaching. For example, domestic students can realize the integration of international teaching and learning experiences into their individual study paths in a much more barrier-free and sustainable way if digital courses are available as a supplement. Digital courses at p...

A growing body of research has examined the relations of dispositions toward information and communication technology (ICT) to intercultural competence among university students. However, there is little research exploring the associations between ICT-related dispositions and intercultural competence among adolescent students. The mechanism of such...

This study presents evidence of the impact of an innovative pedagogical practice that cultivates and develops the intercultural competence of undergraduate college students. 15 U.S. undergraduate students enrolled in a business study abroad course and 12 Chinese undergraduate students participated in a virtual student exchange project in spring 201...

This article describes the impact of a didactic proposal implemented in a visual arts course which intends to promote intercultural competences and work on identity awareness through collective learning activities, using the framework of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Firstly, the term “collective learning” is defined in the context o...

After many years of neglecting the religious dimension within intercultural education, today there is a broad consensus in Europe that religious education represents an important dimension in the intercultural education of young people. Awareness of the connection between intercultural and interreligious learning is becoming increasingly stronger a...

This article describes a research undertaken at a Mekong Delta university's foreign language school. Its goal is to determine the significance of authentic papers based on cultural themes in the development of intercultural competency in English language students. The pedagogical implementation of activities is planned in accordance with the specif...

Research and internationalization are the major difficulties confronting most higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region, putting research, innovation, internationalization, and economic and political strain on policymakers. This study is a qualitative and quantitative empirical research of two projects that examines their dominant percepti...

The purpose of this research is to present a means for ESL students in higher education to apply their academic knowledge and language (Cummins, 1981) to increase their local knowledge of school culture and intercultural competence (Neuliep, 2017) by working with teachers and students in a local K-12 school community. This was accomplished through...

This study explores the intercultural activities in teaching Mandarin to international students in China. A sample of five Mandarin teachers with rich experience in teaching international students within Chinese universities. Data were collected through classroom observation, teachers’ interviews and reflective journals and analyzed through themati...

Folktales and Fairy Tales have been useful for centuries to give voice to the dreams, aspirations and concerns of all peoples. These cultural samples are an extraordinary ally for the study of Spanish as a Foreign Language, acting as a link between the culture of origin and the target language. This article presents a project in which students from...

This research consists of analyzing the tex-tualities of teachers who work in rural basic schools located in Mapuche-Lafkenche territory in the region of La Araucanía. The research problem arises from the existing tension between the positivist/homoge-nizing school knowledge of the Chilean school and the Mapuche knowledge that the children bring wi...

While the ongoing pandemic hindered the mobility of students, it does not necessarily imply that Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) becomes less important due to how students have significantly fewer opportunities to engage in intercultural communications with foreign visitors. On the contrary, the pandemic stimulated creative usage of IC...

Higher education institutions seem to be engaged in a reactive process when thinking about education for sustainable development, instead of being proactive. A every stage, educational models remain very limited to specific goals and agendas driven by the fad of the moment and without articulating a sustainable educational model that we argue shoul...

Introduction As public health expands its role in global settings, the need to develop intercultural competency for public health students also grows. One initiative being applied to promote global awareness is the use of virtual exchange (VE) programs. VE programs promote collaborative online international learning (COIL) and allow students from d...

Foreign language teaching is a medium to raise students’ inter-cultural understanding, awareness, and sensitivity important for establishing tolerant mindset in multi-ethnic community. However, the use of literary works in foreign language teaching, for example TESOL, which could elevate intercultural competence since they promote respect and appre...

Developing students' literacy skills and intercultural competence via literary works has become a key component of foreign language (FL) curricula at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in many countries. In FL classrooms, the use of textual literature can also sometimes be complemented by multimodal literature like graphic novels and pictu...

The purpose of this research is to obtain teachers' opinions on the development of communication skills of preschool children through information technologies. This research is in the case study model, which is one of the qualitative research designs. The participant group of the research consists of 40 preschool teachers who are teaching in variou...

Cultural diversity in Estonia has been expanding through migration and hence the need to teach newly arrived migrant students (NAMSs) has become an important issue in the Estonian education system. This study examined inter-cultural competence across domains relating to the attitudes, knowledge and skills of teachers. A total of 167 teachers from 1...

The authors of the article consider integrative semantic mapping as an illustrative and schematic basis for the law students’ development of a professionally oriented English-language thesaurus of the topical field “Law”. The aim of the research is to study further development of professional and communicative English-language competence which allo...

Introduction: In our globalised world, the role of intercultural competence in healthcare is increasing as societies become multicultural. The development of this competence should start in medical education. Objective: In our qualitative study among Hungarian medical students, we sought to find out to what extent the multicultural student compo...

This book continues the author’s long-term reflections (over 20 years of scholarship and experience in intercultural communication education) around the fascinating and yet contestable notion of interculturality in education. As an unstable and polysemic notion, interculturality deserves to be opened up again and again and there is a need to engage...

As in other countries, bilingual/multilingual education has become widespread in Spain. However, research either focuses on Spanish programs’ implementation, students’ performance or teacher training, but not on their contribution to graduates’ self-perceived linguistic success (understood as a combination of intercultural competence, international...

Intercultural Teaching Competence (ITC) is essential for teaching in increasingly diverse primary schools. However, research has not sufficiently addressed the meaning and development of ITC, including whether study abroad during teacher education contributes to the dimensions included. Therefore, this study seeks to determine which dimensions of I...