Intercultural competence

development of cultural awareness leads those in contact to more critical thinking (Cakir, 2006). As the world becomes increasingly multicultural, and contacts with primarily English speaking communities increase, it will contribute to our multicultural competence. Valdes (1990) asserts that imparting cultural knowledge enhances the learning experience. Methodology English Form 4 (2013), an excellent text book for year 10 pupils, approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, whose authors…

Module 3: The following chapter is module 3, titled “Develop Intercultural Communication Skills in Pastoral Settings”. This module starts with “Goals” and “Outcomes” for the upcoming sections. It is easy to see and identify upcoming issues, as well as learning outcomes. In addition, this module concentrates on self-view, social groups, and cultural conflicts. It helps identify dimensions of different groups, collectivist or individualist in nature. The next section of this module starts with…

updated by the owner from time to time. A grid is provided where his/her language competences can be described according to common criteria accepted throughout Europe. This grid is also available in different languages if needed. This section provides an overview of the students’ proficiency in different languages at certain moment of their learning. It also records formal qualifications and describes language competences and learning experiences. Secondly, the Portfolio contains a Language…

My visit to Virginia Beach for thanksgiving with my Filipino friend Jimmy and his family, was an intercultural experience that showed me why it’s important to understand and appreciate different cultures. It is widely understood that different cultures have their own way of communicating, living, as well as embracing certain values, beliefs, and practices. Having the opportunity to experience culture other than my own was amazing and gratifying. My trip to Virginia Beach all started with a phone…

didn’t feel uncomfortable because I came with group tour and you know… Japanese is everywhere here.” (A. Ohata, personal communication, October 19, 2014) In the above example, Ohata did not feel uncomfortable and enjoy Hawaii as it served her. Intercultural communication does not play any essential role for her because the environment such as tour guild, Japanese friends in the same group, hotels, and destinations, facilitates her to lessen her attempt of engagement with Hawaii- the host…

Due to increasing rate of cultural diversity in the United States, nurses in the healthcare sector must have a vast knowledge of different major cultures in the country. Transcultural nursing is advocated in many industrialized nations especially in the US where nearly every culture in the world is represented. Unlike decades ago, movement across countries and continents is much easier today. At the same time, poverty and disruptions of economic power caused by oppressive political governments,…

As the MA.IB program is a truly international master’s program we did a lot of intercultural activities, especially in form of teamwork, presentations and discussions. Hence, I would like to focus on cross-cultural management as the main topic of my reflection paper. First of all, I am going to introduce briefly the Hofstede model and the Globe study. Another important theory, which is connected to cross-cultural management is emotional intelligence, which became popular with Daniel Goleman.…

The social worker must “began where the client is” and this entails understanding the client’s troubles from the client’s perspective. This perspective is essential in social work practice because it helps the client and social worker build a foundation of trust. When interacting with client’s a social worker’s goal should be to enhance their client’s self-determination. A social worker can achieve this goal by collaborating with the client. Compton concludes, “Collaboration mean working…

Pragmatics competence is the knowledge of conditions and manner of appropriate use, in conformity with various purposes.(Chomsky, 1978) Teachers are responsible to give the pragmatics knowledge which is how an individual uses his own knowledge on English to construct utterances and sentences in order for him to use the knowledge to develop the pragmatics competence. The hearer will understand the utterance if and only if the speaker uses the suitable pragmatic competence. For example, when…

1). These required knowledge, skills, and cognitive capacities could be enhanced by increasing students’ intercultural maturity. King and Baxter Magolda (2005) introduced the concept of intercultural maturity as a multi-dimensional range of attributes including understanding, sensitivity to others, and a sense of one’s self that enables one to listen and learn from…