Essays about: "Intercultural communicative competence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Intercultural communicative competence.
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1. The Influence of Literary Texts on Intercultural Competence in the EFL Classroom. A Literature Review
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / LärarutbildningsnämndenAbstract : Due to the growing status of English as a global language of communication, cultural studies have become an increasingly important aspect of English as a foreign language (EFL) education. Many scholars argue that there is now a need to deviate from merely focusing on Anglo-Saxon cultures and to embrace an intercultural perspective in education, a view that is also reflected in the Swedish educational frameworks. READ MORE
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2. Culture in the Swedish EFL-classroom : Teachers' perspectives on interpretation and implementation
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The Swedish regulatory documents for the school subject of English demand the presence of cultural representation/phenomena in the communicated material to the students but is vague about what the actual content should be. This leaves a lot of room for personal interpretation and selection of material for the teachers. READ MORE
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3. 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)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
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4. Attitudes towards and Experiences of InterculturalCommunicative Competence : A small-scale study of Swedish uppersecondary schools in a mid-size Swedishcommunity
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)Abstract : This is a small-scale study that looks at how important upper secondary students andteachers in a mid-size Swedish community consider intercultural communicativecompetences to be and how frequently they work with developing these competences.Previous research on the work with intercultural communicative competence suggestteachers are largely unaware of theories in this area, but these studies were conducted atleast ten years ago. READ MORE
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5. Amongst Kiwis and Swedes: Developing an intercultural competence with young learners through written telecollaboration
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : This study investigates the intercultural development with young learners from Sweden and New Zealand, when using written telecollaboration as a tool. Telecollaboration; is a tool used for online collaboration, it provides for a possibility of connecting students from across the globe and can function as a supplement to traditional teaching. READ MORE
