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Title | Encouraging the Development of Intercultural Competence |
Body | by Renée Marshall, CASLS Research Assistant, and Patricia Roldán Marcos, CASLS Graduate Research Fellow for Curriculum What is intercultural competence? Dr. Janet Bennett lays out a useful definition: "A set of cognitive, affective and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts." Language learners can glean cultural information through their language development, as language and culture are intimately intertwined. However, simply because students are learning a language does not mean that they will develop intercultural competence. Guided exploration of their own culture (C1) and the target culture (C2) can help to encourage the development of intercultural competence. Two useful websites to use as a reference that we will refer to and make use of in our activity is the University of Washington Bothell's Intercultural Competence Tool Kit: http://www.bothell.washington.edu/globalinitiatives/resources/intercultural-competence-tool-kit and also Dr. Bennett's handout (2011) from the Association of International Education Administrators conference: http://www.intercultural.org/documents/competence_handouts.pdf. Due to the vocabulary and academic language, this activity is most suited for university level students. You may need to frontload some of the vocabulary by pre-teaching key words and concepts before beginning. You may also want to modify the activity provided on the website for use with your specific students' needs, language level, and maturity. Objective(s):
Resources: Intercultural competence handout Procedure:
Reference Bennett, Janet, PhD. Developing Intercultural Competence for International Education Faculty and Staff.AIEA Conference Workshop. 2011. http://www.intercultural.org/documents/competence_handouts.pdf |
Source | CASLS Activity of the Week |
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