Essays about: "Intercultural Students"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 58 essays containing the words Intercultural Students.

  1. 16. Investigating the awareness of Decolonial perspectives among undergraduate Sport Science students in the Netherlands

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen Idrottsvetenskap (IDV)

    Author : Jakob Kunert; Janis Skvarnavics; [2021]
    Keywords : Decolonial perspectives; colonialism; decolonization of higher Education; Sport studies; Critical thinking; Intercultural competences;

    Abstract : In the world of research, the decolonial perspective is not a field to study but a way of thinking and to exist in the world. This perspective sees the current form of "research" as something linked to European imperialism and colonialism in history that, until this day, still overshadows other ways of knowing and creating information (Liebel, 2017). READ MORE

  2. 17. Intercultural Communication Barriers among Future Leaders & Followers : A study on Intercultural communication barriers in Swedish multicultural work settings

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Nida Asghar; Anika Tabassum; [2020]
    Keywords : Intercultural Communication ICC ; ICC Barriers; Swedish multicultural work settings; Management of ICC barriers; High-context culture; Low-context culture; International participants;

    Abstract : This is an era of globalization due to which the world has become a Global Village and organizations are transforming into multicultural firms while increasingly building diverse teams. However, due to the organizations’ tendency towards becoming international, individuals worldwide travel and migrate from one society to another. READ MORE

  3. 18. An Investigation of the Cultural Content in English Instructional Materials Used in Sweden’s Secondary Education

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : William Wickersham; [2020]
    Keywords : Cultural Content Analysis; power relations; socialization; international communicative competence; surface culture; deep culture; nationalism;

    Abstract : This thesis is a two-pronged analysis of the cultural content in two instructional materials series presently meant for use in the English language instruction in Swedish secondary education, and it integrates an examination of surface and deep cultural content with an ideology analysis focused on the representation of nations and the international world. The driving impetus of this thesis is an interest in the representation of culture meeting the students in their instruction. READ MORE

  4. 19. The effectiveness of CLIL for English language learning in Swedish primary schools

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Gabriela Porc; Luisa Bundy; [2020]
    Keywords : CLIL; Content and Language Integrated Learning; English; ESL; Primary School; Sweden; Education; Language;

    Abstract : We live in an increasingly interconnected world where being bilingual or multilingual is the norm. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an effective way to practice important skills for global citizens. READ MORE

  5. 20. Racism, Mark Twain and Close Reading in the English Language Classroom

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Hannes Wikman; [2020]
    Keywords : Racism; racial inequality; intercultural competence; understanding; narrative imagination; narration; empathy; democratic values; Close Reading;

    Abstract : This essay argues that Mark Twain’s novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Pudd’nhead Wilson can be applied in Swedish upper secondary schools to address racial inequality in the purpose of achieving intercultural competence and understanding. Racism is a vast issue, evident in both schools and in our society, locally as well as globally, where ethnical minorities are abused or disfavored societal privileges. READ MORE