Essays about: "intercultural awareness"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 essays containing the words intercultural awareness.

1. 21. What Culture? : Cultural representations in English as a foreign language textbooks

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Mika Wilhelmson; [2015]
   Keywords : EFL education; culture; cultural representations; textbooks; intercultural awareness;

   Abstract : Teaching the cultural aspect of foreign language education is a complex and sometimes difficult task, especially since English has become an international language used in different settings and contexts throughout the world. Building on the idea that the spread of the English language and its international status in the world has made English an important school subject to develop students’ cross-cultural and intercultural awareness, this paper has studied what research reveals about the influence this has had on cultural representations in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks. READ MORE

3. 22. Multilingual Immersion in Education for a Multidimensional Conceptualization of Knowledge: A Case Study of Bilingual Montessori School of Lund

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

   Author : Philippe Longchamps; [2015]
   Keywords : Multilingual; Pedagogy; Bilingual; Conceptualization; Pedagogy; Begrepp; Språkbad; Flerspråkigt; Pedagogik; Kompetensutveckling; School; Immersion; Lgr 11; Montessori; BMSL; Språkbadsmetod; Konceptualisering;

   Abstract : I denna studie undersöks hur Bilingual Montessori School of Lund (BMSL):sspråkbadsmetod kan ha en positiv påverkan på begreppsförståelse. Den fokuserar på detkomplexa sambandet mellan flerspråkig pedagogik och dess inverkan på begreppsförvärv. READ MORE

4. 23. ”It’s not a term that I’ve ever used” - Teachers’ Interpretations of Interculturality in EFL-teaching

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

   Author : Sarah Andersson; Mathilda Brandin; [2015]
   Keywords : interculturality; intercultural competence; EFL; the five savoirs; Byram;

   Abstract : The purpose of this degree project was to investigate teachers’ conscious and unconscious interpretations of interculturality. We interviewed five teachers from different schools in order to analyse how intercultural their teaching of culture in EFL is. READ MORE

5. 24. IMMIGRANTS’ INTEGRATION IN SWEDEN : Swedish young adults’ perceptions and attitudes

   University essay from Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

   Author : Lindita Aliti; [2014]
   Keywords : Immigration; immgrants’ integration in Sweden; integration; natives’ perceptions of immigrants; awareness of integration; acculturation theory; social identity theory;

   Abstract : Background: Integration of immigrants is an interactive process of learning a new culture, an obtaining of rights, access to a position and status and building of personal relations between migrants and the receiving society.  Their ability to reciprocally adjust to intercultural encounters is one of the most important factors of successful integration. READ MORE

6. 25. Intercultural Communication between Museum Educators and Museum Visitors. A Qualitative Study at Swedish Museums

   University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Jahanavi Schriefer; [2013-10-17]
   Keywords : Intercultural communication; museum educator; museum visitor; museum; Swedish museum;

   Abstract : This qualitative study investigates intercultural communication between museum educators and museum visitors in museums in Gothenburg City, Sweden. The study was conducted as a thematic content analysis, where the content of six transcribed interviews with museum educators from three public museums and 13 questionnaires filled in by non-Swedish, adult nationals attending guided tours hosted by Swedish museum educators where analyzed and discussed. READ MORE