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Intercultural Competence: Another Challenge

open access: yesProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2009
This paper intends to draw the attention of language teachers and educational authorities to the area of culture teaching in foreign language education at a time when the recently issued Basic Standards of Competencies in Foreign Language have conferred modest attention to this aspect of language education.
openaire   +3 more sources

Behaviors That Eliminate Health Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A Narrative Systematic Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Within the health care provider-health care recipient relationship the communication must be culturally competent to eliminate barriers to equitable health care for all Americans.
Keys, Truman Ryan
core   +1 more source

L2‐Mediated Personal Competence as a Dimension of Identity Development Among International Students in Kazakhstan: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Kazakhstan has emerged as a non‐traditional destination for international students through the expansion of English‐medium instruction and government‐funded scholarship schemes. This convergent mixed‐methods study examines how degree‐seeking international students from non‐Commonwealth of Independent States countries adapt to academic ...
Kymbat Yessenbekova, Anas Hajar
wiley   +1 more source

The effectiveness of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) on intercultural competence development in higher education. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Educ Technol High Educ, 2023
Hackett S   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intercultural communicative competence as a focus of applied linguistic research in Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Since Poland joined the European Union in 2004, developing intercultural communicative competence (ICC) has become an important goal of foreign language education. The role of school instruction is not only to equip foreign language (FL) learners with
Connections, Kusiak-Pisowacka, Monika
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Language Mindset and Discipline Mindset Both Matter: Exploring the Effect of Growth Mindset on Motivation and Willingness to Communicate in EMI Higher Education

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In English medium instruction (EMI), students face cognitive and emotional demands in second language (L2) communication, which may hamper their motivation and willingness to communicate (WTC). Adopting a mixed‐methods design, this study explores how growth mindsets affected student motivation (e.g., ideal L2 self and ideal disciplinary self ...
Pengzhan Yang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Literacy and Intercultural Competence Training. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Lit Res Pract, 2021
Mavreles Ogrodnick M   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Academic Literacy of International Postgraduate Students in Australia: A Cause for Concern?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article discusses the academic literacy challenges faced by international postgraduate students at a South Australian university and evaluates the effectiveness of existing institutional support mechanisms. Drawing on survey data, the study highlights significant difficulties in academic reading, writing, and spoken communication, with ...
Werner Botha   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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