scholarly journals DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF CULTURAL DISTANCE IN DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Smith ◽  
Anton Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Organizational Management ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Cultural Paradigm ◽  
Value Diversity ◽  
Global World

In the process of transforming the priority of material and technical values to the paradigm of flexible thinking, communicative interaction becomes a new value, which is a vital competence in the integrative multicultural reality of the global world, where cultural diversity is recognized as a key value. Diversity management is now dominant in organizational management, the ability to focus on organizing behavior based on the interaction of all parties in an environment where many cultures are intertwined. The multidimensionality of the multicultural environment poses a challenge in determining the degree of cultural distance in an organization. This allows us to understand the similarities and differences between the host culture and the culture of foreign visitors and students, and to identify gaps and barriers to intercultural interaction and adaptation tools. It also calls for the formation of all actors in the educational process of the necessary knowledge and skills that contribute to their adequate orientation in belonging to their own culture and awareness of the influence of their value dominants in practical situations of intercultural communication. Thus, in organizational management, host Russian universities face the challenge of recognizing their own cultural paradigm and thinking.

scholarly journals The Global World: New Educational Models Of Intercultural Communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 03010
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Orekhovskaya ◽  
Elena A. Yalozina
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Interdisciplinary Nature ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Global World

The relevance of the study is determined by the increasing importance of intercultural interaction in a globalizing world. These processes need new educational models and innovative methods for implementation in the educational process. The objective of the article is to analyze the theoretical and methodological experience and find innovative educational methods in the study of intercultural communication. The methods used by the authors are the analysis and synthesis of theoretical literature. Besides, the comparative and typological analyses of pedagogical experience in the field of building educational models of intercultural communication are carried out. The result of the work is the identification of specific innovative approaches to the study of the interdisciplinary nature of intercultural communication. The conclusion drawn by the authors is that the basis of any educational model should be tolerance and respect for the carriers of another culture.

Research of Personal and Educational Orientations of Chinese Students in the Context of Organization of Intercultural Interaction in the Educational Space of a Russian University

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-116
Author(s):  
Selkova Selkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Educational Orientations ◽  
The University

The inclusion of foreign students in the educational process of Russian higher education makes the problem of intercultural interaction actual. The selection of foreign students as subjects of intercultural interaction introduces a certain specificity in the functioning and construction of the educational space of the university, requires a preliminary study of their personal and educational needs. From the side of foreign students, the article examines Chinese students, since this contingent of students is the bearer of a specific oriental culture; represents a country that prioritizes the development of Russian-Chinese bilateral relations; and dominates in number among foreign students from the Far Abroad. The purpose of the article is to identify specific motivational, value orientations and expectations of Chinese students studying together with Russian students in vocational training programs at a Russian university in order to develop diagnostic tools used to collect data on the subjects involved in the process of interaction within the educational space of the university. Research methodology and methods. The study was carried out from the standpoint of a culturological approach, in which the subjects of pedagogical interaction are considered as representatives of a certain socio-cultural environment. In the conclusion, based on the data obtained, the main guidelines of pedagogical activity for the organization of intercultural interaction between Chinese and Russian students within the educational space of the university are presented.

Etiquette Speech Acts in the Aspect of Linguo-Didactics

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
O Trumko ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Sunday Schools ◽  
Grammatical Categories ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Children Of Migrant Workers

Abstract. The works of M. Kurushina, I. Linchak, I. Lysenko, M. Shevchenko, H. Sokolova, T. Plotnikovа, D. Polyakov, I. Valchenko and І. Zozula are devoted to the issue of teaching methods in a foreign language audience at the beginner level in Ukrainian linguistics. They study special features of the formation of reading and speaking skills in the Ukrainian language. They examine the types of lexical units, grammatical categories, multi-genre texts that are appropriate for studying at the initial stage. Modern methods of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language are based on the communicative approach, which resulted in a paradigm shift from the study of vocabulary and grammar to language acquisition through speech acts as ways of communicative interaction in specific communication situations. At the beginner level of learning the Ukrainian as a foreign language, speakers (foreigners studying in Ukraine, students of Ukrainian Studies in the world, the Ukrainian diaspora, children of migrant workers studying at Saturday and Sunday schools abroad) should master the skills of realizing the following etiquette speech acts: apologies, greetings, wishes, thanks, congratulations and farewells. In this regard, the present paper considers features of realization of etiquette speech acts to successfully introduce them into the educational process of Ukrainian as a foreign language at the beginner level (A1). The paper outlines a set of etiquette speech acts, which are studied in a foreign language audience at the beginner level and describes the socio-cultural context of their realization, communicative situation, an addresser / addressee status, communicative goal. It also identifies lexical and grammatical means for the verbalization of etiquette speech acts, which will be studied by foreign language speakers at the beginner level. These are utterances and lexemes that form the content of the relevant speech acts to meet the communicative needs at the beginner level (phrases of greetings and farewells, names of the holidays, names of abstract concepts, etc.). A set of grammatical categories is specified for making correct utterances: indirect cases of nouns and personal pronouns, exclamatory case of nouns; for correct naming of the addressee: conjugation of verbs (to greet / to wish) in the present tense, noun-adjective agreement, examples of verb government, etc. The object of the analysis is also language means of forms of address to the interlocutor, which belong to the global rules of communication, determine its tone, and the violation of which often causes communicative deviations in the Ukrainian language. A system of exercises and tasks for reading, listening, developing monologue and dialogic speech provides effective learning of the etiquette speech acts.

Educational work at the university as an element of the quality management system

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Ya.A. Vavilin ◽  
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V.A. Soldatov ◽  
I.G. Mankevich ◽  
N.YU. Chistokletov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The University ◽  
Formation Of Groups

The article deals with an important component of the learning process - educational work, in terms of the formation of a moral and patriotic portrait of a graduate, as well as the formation of groups of universal competencies related to intercultural interaction and civic position. The task of improving upbringing work at the university received particular urgency in connection with the implementation of the strategy for the development of education in the Russian Federation. The authors attempt to evaluate and analyze educational work from the point of view of the process approach and system analysis. A hierarchical model of educational work is proposed and the components of the process are highlighted, and a system of indicators for assessing the quality of educational work is developed. The proposed approach can be applied in the formation and evaluation of the strategy for the development of the educational process in higher education and the development of work programs for educational work, as an obligatory element of the main professional educational program.

Pedagogical framework for polymulticultural education of foreign language students seeking a degree in teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Chaika ◽  
Nataliya Chahrak ◽  
Marianna Zhumbei ◽  
Halyna Apelt ◽  
Liliya Kopchak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Multicultural Competence ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Young Professional ◽  
Global World ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

The present paper deals with the pedagogical framework of poly- / multicultural education as a factor that significantly influences the formation of poly- / multicultural competence of a foreign language (FL) teacher. The relevance of addressing poly- / multiculturalism in the pedagogical plane is due to the current need of societies to bring up a young professional, who would become aware that today poly- / multiculturalism and polyethnicity make an integral part of the modern global world in general and the educational process, in particular. The research aims to explore and establish the ways of creating pedagogical framework for (i) popularizing the idea of poly- / multiculturalism, and (ii) forming relevant students' skills and abilities in foreign language (FL) instruction; to determine the extent to which the engaging mentoring teacher in the educating role may influence their poly- / multicultural competence.  To this end, poly- / multicultural competence is seen prerequisite of a FL teacher's professional competence. Experiment is the main method of the research. Assessment of the experiment effectiveness was carried out with the involvement of surveys / questionnaires, conducted in stages, along with observation as a method applied.

Predicting organizational citizenship behavior in a multicultural environment: The role of cultural intelligence and cultural distance

2021 ◽  
pp. 147059582110515
Author(s):  
Raavee Kadam ◽  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Waheed Kareem Abdul ◽  
Shazi S Jabeen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Multicultural Environment

Cross-cultural research in organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has primarily focused on testing the generalizability of various OCB dimensions in different cultures, while attempting to unearth any culture-specific OCB notions that may arise from the values of a particular culture. But with the contemporary workplace becoming increasingly multicultural, this research attempts to move beyond the study of OCB in culturally homogenous environments and investigates its manifestation in a multicultural context. This study proposes cultural intelligence (CQ) as one of the antecedents of OCB, which enables individuals in foreign cultures to understand the perceptions of OCB in that particular culture, and posits that individuals with high levels of CQ exhibit OCB in multicultural environments. Furthermore, this study investigates the moderating effect of cultural distance (CD) on the relationship between CQ and OCB to test whether culturally similar or different environments strengthen or weaken this relationship. The study draws upon the trait activation theory to test the hypotheses under investigation. Data for this study were collected from 513 expatriates of 31 different nationalities working in a multicultural environment and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results indicated that CQ had a positive impact on OCB, but CD did not have any impact on the CQ-OCB relationship. The findings of this study have important implications for human resource managers managing a culturally diverse workforce.

scholarly journals Professional Training of Future Teachers in Foreign Countries in Terms of Intercultural Interaction of Educational Space Objects

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Tymofiy Desyatov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Space Objects ◽  
Teachers Training

Abstract The problem of professional training of teachers in foreign countries in terms of intercultural interaction of educational space objects has been studied in the paper. It has been stated that the current stage of human civilization development which is defined as the transition to a knowledge society, is characterized by qualitatively new requirements to the development of education. It has been noted that despite some cultural-and-historical differences in the development of Ukraine and countries of the European Union, functional similarity of national systems of teachers’professional training enables the usage of European experience in future teachers’ training. The role of teachers in the modernization of European education has been emphasized. It has been stated that in the professional training theory and practice significant experience has been accumulated which can form the basis for modernization of future teachers’ training for intercultural interaction of the educational process objects. Major trends in this area have been revealed. Scientific approaches and paradigms have been defined. Much attention is focused on the fact that a set of methodological approaches to the problem of teachers’ professional training has allowed to distinguish personality-centered and activity approaches as main ones for solving research problems. It has been noted that the reason for scientists’ special attention to the category of educational activities is the development of problems related to organizing cross-cultural educational process that helps students to get knowledge about other cultures, to determine the common and special features in traditions, lifestyle and cultural values of peoples, to bring up youth in the spirit of respect for systems of other cultures. Much attention has been paid to the concept of educational support which is a humanistic way of interaction of a teacher with students on the basis of expansion and deepening student-centered and developmental paradigm of education which is based on internal freedom and creativity of the individual, real humanism and democracy.

scholarly journals Science And Education In The Conditions Of Formation Of The Global World

wisdom ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkady URSUL
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Evolutionary Changes ◽  
Global Cluster ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Globalization Of Education ◽  
Global World

One of the main social transformations is that the formation of the global world is taking place and this world is reflected in science and education, and these last begin to form it. It is shown that to a large extent a global direction of research has already been formed, which includes globalistics, global scientific disciplines, globalization research, global evolutionism and a number of other areas of scientific research. Although this global cluster of scientific knowledge is most intensively developed only in the second half of the last century, its origins are found in the works of V. I. Vernadsky at the beginning of the same century. The global cluster of scientific knowledge is associated with the globalization of education and the formation of global education. The main integrative characteristics and features in the forms and content of these global evolutionary processes in education are revealed. It is shown that integrative tendencies connected with global-evolutionary changes of civilization and its interaction with nature are developed in education. It is noted that the globalization of education is focused mainly on the formal and organizational methods of integration of different systems and forms of education; the most important directions of this process are highlighted. And global education is characterized by qualitative and meaningful transformations of the educational process, the subject field of which is "filled" with universal-integrative knowledge obtained in the course of global studies. It is assumed that with the globalization of science and education begins a new global revolution in the scientific and educational space.

scholarly journals Simulation of communicative situations during the professional English classes in maritime educational institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Nataliya Bobrysheva
Keyword(s):  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Subsequent Discussion ◽  
Intercultural Conflicts ◽  
The Right

The article identifies tools for modeling communicative situations during the professional English classes of future maritime officers, considering the multicultural component of their professional activities. The author identifies the principles of modeling communicative situations during the professional English classes, which the teacher should follow: he principle of continuity, which is a system-creating factor in the gradual introduction of the knowledge system, skills and abilities of the essence and specificity from the first to the fifth courses, in further postgraduate education, contributing to the integrity of this process; the principle of professional orientation, the essence of which is the orientation of the tasks, content, methods and forms of organization of the educational process for the future specialists’ profession; the principle of dialogue that determines the scope of future maritime officers: communication with crew members, briefing, giving orders, etc., forming the theoretical and professional development of future specialists; it facilitates subject-subject connections, resulting in cadets mastering skills and abilities to take into account the position of the interlocutor, to organize and cooperate with the crew members, to adequately perceive and transmit information; the principle of complexity, which consists in the interconnection of the components of the educational process, ensuring the integrity of the influence on the formation of the personality of the future marine officer, as under the influence of studying various disciplines of cadets formed readiness for professional activity in the multicultural environment. Author gives examples of modeling communicative situations for various courses, taking into account their level of English. For the senior maritime students, the teacher may give more complicate communicative situations and use exercises such as brainstorming, choosing true/false statements, and choosing the right option (matching) with subsequent discussion in groups or pairs. The author concludes that the modeling of communicative situations helps to build an effective model of communication between representatives of different nationalities and cultures, solving intercultural conflicts

scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNICATIVE IMAGE AS A RESULT OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF FOREIGN MEDICINE STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
KUSHNIR KUSHNIR
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Medical Discourse ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Aspect Model

In today’s globalized world, the academic migration of persons receiving higher education outside their home countries is gaining more and more popularity. The main factor in the success of obtaining a professional qualification in foreign universities is proficiency in the language in which educational services are provided. For foreign applicants for higher education (in particular, medical one) in Ukraine, the language of instruction is Ukrainian or English, but in any case, the language of interaction in the academic and sociocultural environment is the state language of the country of study. So, foreign students who receive higher medical education in Ukraine in English, master the Ukrainian language as a means of communicative interaction in the social, cultural, educational and academic environment, and also during clinical practice. This article presents a model of the result of language education of foreign medical students – their professional and communicative image. An accurate understanding of the learning outcome, focus on this result will significantly increase the effectiveness of the educational process. The author describes the structure and content of the studied phenomenon. The professional and communicative image of a doctor is a complex multicomponent phenomenon, the formation of which ensures the success of the communicative act in the professional sphere. This research provides a generalized list of requirements for the personality of a healthcare professional. The listed qualities should be manifested in a certain communicative style through strategies and tactics, and their implementation is ensured by knowledge of the necessary language means and mastery of skills in various types of speech activity. The model of professional and communicative image developed by the author as a result of teaching the Ukrainian language to foreign medical students has three levels: psychological, cognitive, and operational. The components of the psychological level are moral and ethical, volitional, organizational-communicative and professional-communicative qualities of a future doctor; knowledge of communication strategies and tactics required by a highly qualified physician, as well as typical genres of medical discourse constitute the cognitive-communicative level; language units we refer to the cognitive-language level; empathic listening, tolerant speaking, reading and writing in the clinical field are referred to the operational level. The linguodidactic description of the components of the studied phenomenon served as the basis for the development of a multi-aspect model of language education for foreign medical students in the English-language form of education.

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