Developing Intercultural Communication Skills through Intergroup Interaction

Autor/inn/en	Eisenchlas, Susana; Trevaskes, Sue
Titel	Developing Intercultural Communication Skills through Intergroup Interaction
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 18 (2007) 5, S.413-425 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Cultural Pluralism; Interaction; Communication Skills; Foreign Countries; Educational Objectives; Curriculum; Global Approach; Higher Education; Program Descriptions; Exchange Programs; Case Studies; Foreign Students; Cultural Awareness; Spanish; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Kulturpluralismus; Interaktion; Kommunikationsstil; Ausland; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Globales Denken; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Spanisch; Australien
Abstract	The call to internationalise the curriculum has become firmly ensconced in Australian educational discourse and university mission statements. Yet, scholars in this area agree that there are few concrete examples of how educators actually set about internationalising the curriculum in a tangible and easily replicable way. This paper adopts a definition of internationalisation of the curriculum which takes into account the experiential aspects of the process of becoming an intercultural communicator. The goal of internationalising the curriculum responds to the recognition that students need to develop a degree of intercultural competence in order to function efficiently in an increasingly globalised environment. Both international and local students need to be partners in this process, and the cultural diversity of contemporary universities in the west is an ideal setting to foster the ability to mediate across cultures. In this paper, we explore some practical ways in which key issues in intercultural communication can be implemented into university curricula through programmes that promote interaction across groups. (An example of a worksheet on the topic, "What is negotiable in academic settings" is appended.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10