Intercultural competence

3.2. A Link Between Critical Thinking and Language Teaching As mentioned above, one of the advantages of critical thinking is its flexible and multifaceted nature, which allows for adaptation of critical thinking nearly in every educational discipline. Language learning, in this regard, has open spaces for critical thinking, especially in learning second languages. In fact, there is a huge number of single empirical studies supporting the positive effects critical thinking has on second/foreign…

cross-culture experience lead to my high understanding in cultural-awareness, an increasingly important trend in international countries like Japan. In fact, I am currently working independently with a professor on research in the area of intercultural competence – both evidence for my experience in research and interest in taking a global perspective. Other writing classes, school publication experience, and my own interest in both writing and art provide constant practice for making creative…

Coming to the States was a huge transition – a decision to leave my family, my friends, my home, and everything else I was familiar with for the past 18 years of my life. The word “culture shock” does not even get close to summarizing all the struggles of an international student, but despite all the difficulties, I am absolutely loving it. Immersing yourself in a different culture is such a unique experience – it challenges the ideas that you have long regarded as “facts,” introduces you to…

communication go hand in hand in my estimation, in order to collaborate you need to be able to competently communicate; both of these merits are essential in order for me to continuously improve and grow as a nurse. Competence has certainly altered my philosophy because I consider competence the outcome of empathy. When I put myself in my patient’s shoes, I want a nurse who is competent; in order to give that to my patients, I strive to learn as much as possible and continue to learn, so that I…

Soul of a Leader – Mission When reviewing both the various narratives revealed in the book Soul of a Leader and Gonzaga University’s Mission Statement, they both do a tremendous job of detailing their distinct missions. Now, in Soul of a Leader, the author emphasizes how crucial it is for a person or collective to put their mission at the very forefront of their decisions and direction. Today, I will speak upon how Gonzaga University is taking the steps necessary to achieve its mission as a…

in the face of adversity. As such, physicians would benefit themselves as well as their patients by learning how to be cross-culturally effective in the delivery of medical care.” A question arises of where to implement intervention for these intercultural communication…

Course Material: There are many factors to why one bullies. First of all, it might not even be intentional. Although communication competence begins to develop at a young age, many learn it later in life and some don’t at all. Sometimes misunderstandings occur, which can cause others to be hurt or angered. Social Communication Disorder (SCD) also known as Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, is being unable to understand meaning of what people say, and having difficulty with pragmatics, knowing what to…

focus not only on preparing me to be a nurse but also on providing me with a liberal arts education. Initially this did not excite me, as I did not see the use in focusing my time here on themes such as sustainability, civic knowledge, and intercultural competence. I had thought to accomplish this, I would need to take unnecessary courses to fill a checkbox. Halfway through my education, I still do not know how to be a nurse, but I do know that my initial feelings about receiving a liberal arts…

Although scholars rarely agree on a number of aspects in SLA studies, nobody has neglected the role motivation plays in learning a language other than the primary one. Quoting the research done by Dörnyei & Csizér (1998), Wlodkowski (1999) and Cheng & Dörnyei (2007) among others, Moskovsky (2012) claims that it has been a common agreement that motivated learners would always perform significantly better than unmotivated ones. With motivation students end up influencing, to a considerable extent,…

1. Introduction Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify, express, and discriminate feelings. After use the ability, we can use them to understand the different viewpoints, solving problems, reflect and monitor order’s moods, but when we wanted the emotional demand and function to be effective. Therefore, it needs to contain our individual context and self experiences to function on emotional intelligence (McKenna & Webb, 2013). On the other hand, Perter Salovey and John D. Mayer…