Developing intercultural competence in multilingual and multicultural student groups
Developing intercultural competence in multilingual and multicultural student groups
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培养多语言和多文化学生群体的跨文化能力
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10.1177/1475240911408563
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2011
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Sabine Krajewski
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作者：
Sabine Krajewski
国际化和跨文化能力是全球高等教育机构面临的关键问题。在全球化加速发展的时代，跨文化能力成为那些可能在国际环境中工作的毕业生最理想的能力之一。本文的重点是在混合学生群体中发展跨文化技能。它提供了一个案例研究，重点是通过一项邀请体验式、自主学习的任务来建立跨文化能力。有人认为，学生以前的跨文化经历以及他们的个人态度对他们在学习期间学到的东西有很大的影响。案例研究中的作业利用了学生在进入课堂时已经具备的专业知识，旨在进一步发展他们的跨文化技能。文章还包括对作业的评估，基于对几个学期进行的学生调查。调查结果显示，与其他更传统的评估任务（如论文写作）相比，学生如何评价这一特殊作业的有用性。
Internationalization and intercultural competence are key issues in higher education institutions across the globe. In times of accelerating globalization, intercultural competence emerges as one of the most desirable graduate capabilities for those who are likely to work in international environments. This article focuses on the development of intercultural skills within mixed student groups. It offers a case study with a focus on building intercultural competence through an assignment that invites experiential, self-directed learning. Students’ previous intercultural experiences as well as their personal attitudes, it is argued, have a strong influence on what they learn during their studies. The assignment presented in the case study draws upon the expertise that individual students already have when they enter the classroom, and aims at further developing their intercultural skills. The article also includes an assessment of the assignment, based on a student survey conducted across several semesters. The results of the survey show how students rate the usefulness of this particular assignment in comparison with other, more traditional, assessed tasks such as essay writing.