Essays about: "Multicultural literature"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 54 essays containing the words Multicultural literature.

  1. 21. Cross-cultural Project Management and Intercultural Communication Competencies in Non-profit Organizations

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Dalia Rosa; Dzhumakhon Karimov; [2018]
    Keywords : Culture; Project Management; International Project Management; Cross-cultural Project Management; Intercultural competencies; Intercultural communication; Multicultural teams; Non-profit Organizations; NPO.;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims to contribute to the knowledge on Cross-cultural Project Management. The concept of culture brings a huge complexity to this study, since there are no conventions about its definition and the concept continues to be on debate. READ MORE

  3. 22. What am I, what are you? : A pedagogical analysis on how C.N Adichie's novel "Americanah" comments on the postcolonial features; alterity, identity, and racial prejudice, and their use in the EFL classroom.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Julia Hollertz; [2018]
    Keywords : Literary didactic analysis; EFL teaching; Upper Secondary School; students as democratic citizens; Americanah; postcolonial theory; alterity; identity; racial prejudice;

    Abstract : The Swedish school has grown multicultural due to the recent years' migration and globalization of society. This place higher demands on the school's responsibility to educate students who are accepting and understanding towards each other, no matter their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Poet as Hero : A Study of the Clash Between the Hero and the First World War in British Trench Poetry, and Its Use in the Swedish School System Within the Subject of English.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Carl Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : The Great War; The First World War; First World War Poetry; The hero in the First World War; Siegfried Sassoon; Wilfred Owen; Rupert Brooke; Trench Poetry; Poetry; First World War poetry in the Swedish education system; Heroes; Heroism; The hero in poetry; The hero as weapon; New Historicism; Critical Literature Pedagogy.;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the clash between the hero and the First World War in the works of Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. It explores the impact on their poetry and attitude towards the concept of the hero as it applied to them as people and poets. READ MORE

  5. 24. Counteracting racist attitudes and prejudices in the EFL-classroom: : An investigation on the effects of the social environment around the white character Rufus Weylin in the Antebellum South as depicted in Octavia E. Butler’s novel Kindred.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Josefine Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Post-colonialism; social influence; EFL; racial prejudices; literature instruction; upper secondary school; Kindred;

    Abstract : The multicultural classroom is becoming more prominent in Sweden. Students from different cultures and ethnicities meet to learn in the same environment. In a changing society, the need to develop acceptance towards others is more important than ever. READ MORE

  6. 25. Language barriers in nursing care

    University essay from

    Author : Mari Lyytikäinen; Mi Tran; [2017-02-13]
    Keywords : language barriers; communication barriers; transcultural nursing; cultural competence; nursing care; interpreters;

    Abstract : Nurses today are faced with the challenges of caring in a multicultural environment. One of these challenges is the inability to communicate with the patient due to differences in language. Communication plays a key role in the nurse-patient relationship and determines the outcome of the care provided. READ MORE