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Intercultural Approach

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The intercultural approach is a framework for understanding and analyzing interactions between individuals from different cultural backgrounds. It emphasizes the importance of cultural context in communication, behavior, and social practices, aiming to foster mutual respect, understanding, and effective collaboration across diverse cultural settings.
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The intercultural approach is a framework for understanding and analyzing interactions between individuals from different cultural backgrounds. It emphasizes the importance of cultural context in communication, behavior, and social practices, aiming to foster mutual respect, understanding, and effective collaboration across diverse cultural settings.

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1. How can autobiographical tools promote intercultural competence development through personal reflection on intercultural encounters?

This theme explores the use of autobiographical methodologies and reflective tools designed to facilitate individuals' awareness, understanding, and critical analysis of their intercultural experiences. It matters because developing intercultural competence—a foundational skill for democratic culture and social cohesion—relies on personal reflection to uncover underlying values, beliefs, and reactions during intercultural interactions. Tools like the Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters are central to this approach, aiming to transform impressions of intercultural contact into meaningful learning processes.

Key finding: This work introduces three autobiographical tools (AIE, AIEVM, AIETI), available in versions for different age groups, that facilitate users in reflecting deeply on intercultural encounters experienced face-to-face, via... Read more
Key finding: This chapter clarifies fundamental concepts underpinning intercultural educational approaches, highlighting that culture is a historically situated collective product transmitted intergenerationally through symbolic systems.... Read more
Key finding: This research highlights how ambiguous and contradictory conceptualizations of culture in intercultural education limit the effectiveness of intercultural competence training. It advocates for a dialectical and reasonable... Read more

2. How does globalization influence the development, policy, and practice of intercultural education at multiple sociopolitical levels?

This theme addresses the complex interactions between global forces and intercultural education processes, particularly how global migration, cultural hybridity, and transnational policies shape intercultural education ideology, policy formation, and implementation. It investigates the macro-to-micro dynamics where international and national institutions mediate intercultural education frameworks, and how local school actors adapt, challenge, or enact these policies. Understanding this multilayered influence is crucial for enhancing social cohesion and equity in multicultural societies amid global change.

Key finding: This empirical and conceptual study theorizes intercultural education policy beyond national education systems by integrating macro structures (supranational and national states) and micro actors (schools, teachers,... Read more
Key finding: This manual presents foundations for implementing intercultural approaches within formal education systems in predominantly 'Northern' countries. It highlights the challenges and strategies for intercultural education against... Read more
Key finding: Beyond individual cultural awareness, this article critiques the disjointed and inconsistent integration of culture within educational policies and teacher training across countries. It identifies that lacking clarity in... Read more

3. What are the critical conceptual and methodological challenges in understanding and teaching intercultural communication and identity?

This theme encompasses interdisciplinary investigations into the definitions and operationalization of culture, identity, and communication in intercultural contexts. It includes critiques of essentialist, stereotypical, and static views of culture, the complexity of ethnic identity negotiation, and the ambivalence in teacher attitudes toward cultural difference. The theme matters because clear conceptual models and rigorous methodologies are necessary to develop educational and communicative practices that genuinely respect cultural diversity and prevent miscommunication or identity conflict.

Key finding: Besides policy analysis, the book scrutinizes intercultural education practices, revealing that conceptual ambiguity around culture and inconsistent pedagogical approaches cause varied teacher practices. It calls for improved... Read more
Key finding: This empirical study demonstrates that perceived discrepancies between self-identified ethnic identity and others' perceptions trigger context-dependent emotional reactions, influenced by factors like prior experiences,... Read more
Key finding: This work proposes a systemic, mixed-methods approach to intercultural research emphasizing subjective cultures and positioning intercultural relations as a dynamic central focus. It critiques traditional acculturation models... Read more
Key finding: It provides a foundational analytic framework distinguishing 'intercultural' communication (interaction) from 'cross-cultural' comparison, outlining multiple dimensions of culture including thought patterns, behaviors,... Read more
Key finding: Based on the author's extensive teacher education experience, this article critiques static, nation-based conceptions of culture in ELT, emphasizing the risks of stereotyping and misrepresentation. It calls for critical... Read more

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Talking about culture in the field of teaching foreign languages is not a new topic, but talking about interculture and interculturality is a subject that is now gaining a lot of interest in the field of ELT. Especially in the last two... more
Πώς θα άλλαζε η καθημερινότητα της σχολικής τάξης αν η ανάγνωση μετατρεπόταν σε μια ζωντανή, καλλιτεχνική εμπειρία, όπου κάθε μαθητής έχει τη δυνατότητα να εκφραστεί δημιουργικά και να αναπτύξει τη γλωσσική και προσωπική του ταυτότητα... more
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Se analizan propuestas didácticas surgidas en el marco de Formación Inicial Docente de 3 países (Argentina, Colombia y Chile). Estas propuestas buscaron cuestionar desde una perspectiva sociohistórica las bases del orden social y los... more
Depuis l'adossement du Cadre Européen Commun de Références pour les Langues aux textes institutionnels pour l'enseignement des langues à l'école élémentaire la question de répondre à la demande sociale est de plus en plus pressante. Cette... more
Esquema -Mapa conceitual da pesquisa………………………….. 28 Esquema -Dimensões do discurso………………………………… 74 Esquema -Seqüência de passos durante a análise dos dossiers e lições…………………………………………………….. 154 Esquema -Relacionado à dimensão: comunidade... more
Ma mère Mes enfants, Ma femme et A la mémoire de mon père REMERCIEMENTS Je tiens à remercier Madame Nathalie AUGER, pour sa disponibilité et son soutien sans lesquels cette thèse n'aurait pas pu voir le jour. Elle m'a toujours encouragé... more
Partant des résultats obtenus par Al Ward (2009), qui soulignent l'existence de difficultés interculturelles chez les étudiants yéménites en France qui peuvent conduire à des malentendus et à des conflits interculturels, nous avons... more
Ma mère Mes enfants, Ma femme et A la mémoire de mon père REMERCIEMENTS Je tiens à remercier Madame Nathalie AUGER, pour sa disponibilité et son soutien sans lesquels cette thèse n'aurait pas pu voir le jour. Elle m'a toujours encouragé... more
This study aims to analyse the notion of politeness through the collocations of the adjective polite and its Polish equivalents, i.e. grzeczny and uprzejmy, chosen as cultural keywords in order to verify and expand the conclusions of my... more
L’approche interculturelle, devenue transversale et interdisciplinaire, a ete adoptee puis erigee en composante essentielle, incontournable et incontestable en didactique de langues etrangeres depuis les annees 1970. Cependant, une... more
This study aims to analyse the notion of politeness through the collocations of the adjective polite and its Polish equivalents, i.e. grzeczny and uprzejmy, chosen as cultural keywords in order to verify and expand the conclusions of my... more
This article deals with the possibility of using the Virtual Service Learning (vSL) to pr omote the intercultural competence and intercultural approach. Through the vSL project “Español en Vivo” created by the School of Education of the... more
This investigation identifies and analyzes the cultural pertinence of the aid efforts of both a local NGO (Kallpa) and an International NGO (Plan International), looking specifically at each NGO's project pertaining to increasing the... more
L’approche interculturelle, devenue transversale et interdisciplinaire, a été adoptée puis érigée en composante essentielle, incontournable et incontestable en didactique de langues étrangères depuis les années 1970. Cependant, une... more
Catatan singkat mengenai konsep moderasi beragama di Indonesia melalui pendekatan interkultural.
O presente artigo visa refletir sobre práticas didáticas comunicativas e interculturais no ensino de alemão como língua estrangeira. No sentido de trabalhar língua e cultura de maneira integrada, atentando especialmente nas necessidades... more
Este artículo presenta el resultado de una investigación cualitativa realizada con estudiantes hijos de familias de inmigrantes que llegan a Francia con el fin de ser escolarizados en ese país (ENAF: élèves nouvellement arrivés en... more
Este trabajo analiza la experiencia de implantación y funcionamiento de la licenciatura en Pedagogía de la Madre Tierra de la Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) como programa específico e innovador de educación superior —único en su... more
Compreensão textual Compreensão geral dos pontos principais e das informações detalhadas do texto Aspectos linguísticos (a serem focalizados por meio de textos variados, ao longo dos três anos do ensino médio) Conteúdos... more
O presente artigo visa refletir sobre práticas didáticas comunicativas e interculturais no ensino de alemão como língua estrangeira. No sentido de trabalhar língua e cultura de maneira integrada, atentando especialmente nas necessidades... more
Talking about culture in the field of teaching foreign languages is not a new topic, but talking about interculture and interculturality is a subject that is now gaining a lot of interest in the field of ELT. Especially in the last two... more
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis item matematika USBN (The National Standard School Examination) di MTs Madani Alauddin. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode evaluasi kuantitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Penelitian... more
All human writing is influenced by our life histories. Each word we write represents an encounter, possibly a struggle, between our multiple past experience and the demands of a new context. Autobiographical writing is never some neutral... more
Music can have a strong psychology effect on people in terms of affect, autobiographical memories, and also mental imagery [1]. Recent research indicates that music can be used as a tool to promote private writing, a type of writing which... more
Music can have a strong psychology effect on people in terms of affect, autobiographical memories, and also mental imagery (Juslin, & Västfjäll, 2008) [1]. Recent research indicates that music can be used as a tool to promote private... more
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