scholarly journals Intercultural Competence in Fostering Teachers’ Reflection in Understanding Students’ Diversity

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oktifani Winarti
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Multicultural Competence ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Theoretical Context ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Different Cultures

In recent decades, the development of multicultural competence, or synonymously called intercultural competence (IC), has been developed as a theoretical context in education areas. Teachers’ inner reflection can do more in specific aspect of learning quality by understanding students’ cultural differences through intercultural competence understanding. Adding self-reflection in the process of understanding interaction within different cultures and language will add more self-value in lessen the ethnocentricity. As teachers are having different culture experience, they would share to each other about the differences to another teacher, in which it allows the teachers to reflect from one another. This would subsequently, help teachers to run innerreflection to themselves, to dig more on their own values, that probably added after having cultural-changing experience Keywords: Intercultural competence, teacher, student diversity

scholarly journals Teaching intercultural competence: Dialogue, cognition and position in Luke 10:25–37

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erastus Sabdono ◽  
Erni M.C. Efruan ◽  
Morris P. Takaliuang ◽  
Leryani M.M. Manuain ◽  
Zummy A. Dami
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
The Real ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Intercultural Competency ◽  
Pyramid Model ◽  
The Law ◽  
Real Truth ◽  
Different Cultures

This research aimed to know the intercultural competency teaching model of Jesus (Teacher) using a parable technique based on Luke 10:25–37 to improve intercultural competence. The authors used a method of diacognitive analysis with three lenses that include dialogue, cognition and position. The results of the study have shown that the application of the parable technique can improve the competence of intercultural students (the expert in the law) towards people with different cultures (Samaritan), as well as increase the understanding and awareness that love is the basis of intercultural competence, compassion as an internal outcome and must act as an intercultural agent. The teacher’s pyramid model of intercultural competence moves from love, attitude, knowledge, skill, internal outcome, external outcome and becomes an intercultural agent.Contribution: Research on Luke 10:25–37 has shown that the parable technique can improve students’ intercultural competence based on love and compassion. Teachers can apply parable techniques to attract, encourage, and stimulate the student’s active involvement to think critically and perform interpretations to discover the real truth in the context of cultural differences.

scholarly journals Cultural differences in speed adaptation in human-robot interaction tasks

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-266
Author(s):  
Fabio Vannucci ◽  
Alessandra Sciutti ◽  
Hagen Lehman ◽  
Giulio Sandini ◽  
Yukie Nagai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Motor Resonance ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Implicit Information ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Source Of Information

AbstractIn social interactions, human movement is a rich source of information for all those who take part in the collaboration. In fact, a variety of intuitive messages are communicated through motion and continuously inform the partners about the future unfolding of the actions. A similar exchange of implicit information could support movement coordination in the context of Human-Robot Interaction. In this work, we investigate how implicit signaling in an interaction with a humanoid robot can lead to emergent coordination in the form of automatic speed adaptation. In particular, we assess whether different cultures – specifically Japanese and Italian – have a different impact on motor resonance and synchronization in HRI. Japanese people show a higher general acceptance toward robots when compared with Western cultures. Since acceptance, or better affiliation, is tightly connected to imitation and mimicry, we hypothesize a higher degree of speed imitation for Japanese participants when compared to Italians. In the experimental studies undertaken both in Japan and Italy, we observe that cultural differences do not impact on the natural predisposition of subjects to adapt to the robot.

scholarly journals Promoting intercultural competence in study abroad students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Tarchi ◽  
Alessio Surian
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Short Intervention ◽  
Study Abroad Students

AbstractUniversities have been promoting study abroad programmes for a long time to improve intercultural competence. However, the mere exposure to cultural differences while studying abroad does not ensure intercultural competence, unless study abroad students’ reflective processes are explicitly targeted. The article presents the results of a short intervention grounded in the problem-based approach aimed at improving intercultural competence in study abroad students. Students were assigned to three conditions: a video-log condition (in which they have to narrate a critical incident occurred to them), a reflection-induced video-logs (in which they were prompted to reflect on the video-logs produced), and an active control condition. The reflection-induced video-log intervention improved students’ perceived proficiency in Italian and perceived opportunities for cultural reflection, but it did not contribute to improve students’ applicable and conceptual knowledge of intercultural competence.

Cultural differences in gift recipients’ attitude and behavior toward disliked gifts

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theeranuch Pusaksrikit ◽  
Sydney Chinchanachokchai
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Closeness ◽  
Marketing Segmentation ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
The Usa ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of cultural differences and the types of relationship closeness involved in recipients’ emotional and behavioral reactions after receiving disliked gifts. Design/methodology/approach Collecting data from Thailand and the USA, two experiments were conducted in a 2 (self-construal: independent/interdependent) × 2 (relationship closeness: close/distant) between-subjects design. Study 1 explores the recipients’ feelings and reactions upon receipt of a disliked gift. Study 2 explores the disposition process for a disliked gift. Findings The results show that a recipient’s emotions, reaction and disposition process can be affected by cultural differences and relationship closeness: specifically that close and distant relationships moderate the relationship between self-construal and gift-receiving attitudes and behaviors. Research limitations/implications Future research can investigate representative groups from other countries to broaden the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications This understanding can guide gift-givers when selecting gifts for close or distant recipients across cultures. Additionally, it can help retailers develop and introduce new marketing strategies by applying self-construal as a marketing segmentation tool for gift purchase and disposition. Originality/value This research is among the first studies to offer insights into how individuals in different cultures manage disliked gifts they receive from people in either close or distant relationships.

scholarly journals Information Ethics in a Different Voice, Or: Back to the Drawing Board of Intercultural Information Ethics.

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Karsten Weber
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Information Ethics ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Drawing Board ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Intercultural Information Ethics

Within the information ethics community one can observe a mainstream discussion including some fundamental presuppositions which appear to be something like dogmas. The most important of these dogmas seems to be that we must create a new kind of intercultural information ethics. It is often argued that (comparative) studies have shown that different cultures, according to culturally determined norms and values, react in different ways to the impacts of ICT; it is stressed that an intercultural information ethics must take these cultural particularities into account. But in the paper at hand it shall be argued that taking cultural differences into consideration does not create a necessity to invent a new intercultural information ethics. On the contrary it shall be claimed that we already know several intercultural ethics which only have to be applied to ICT and its impact to societies.

scholarly journals TRANSLATOR’S PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE: A MODEL AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN UNIVERSITY TRAINING

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Oksana Babiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Interpersonal Competence ◽  
Competence Model ◽  
Strategic Competence ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Training

The article identifies the structure of translator’s professional competence, grounds its model and suggests the ways of its implementation. The following sub-competences necessary to be acquired by future translators have been identified and analyzed with the aim of providing best training: linguistic competence, intercultural competence, subject (thematic) competence, instrumental competence, psychophysiological competence, interpersonal competence, strategic competence, self-reflection competence. The role of the subject (thematic) competence for specialized translation is analyzed. The ways of the translator’s professional competence model implementation are highlighted.

scholarly journals New Trends in the Teaching of the Intercultural Competence as Part of the Process of Teaching Foreign Languages in the Context of Higher Education in Spain.

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Yolanda García Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Open Window ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Different Cultures

Today we live in the era of globalization. We define our world by the coexistence of various different cultures. The present article seeks to clarify the concept of intercultural competence when teaching foreign languages and the new trends in the context of Higher Education in Spain. We will start with a short introduction on the various studies and research on the relationships between language and culture However, the main aim in this article will be to point out the new roles played by teacher and learners in the process, the creation of new materials to support the intercultural dimension and the new types of activities that could be done inside and outside the classroom, such as the use of tele-collaboration, social networks and others. In other words, the elements that make up and give meaning to a new methodology for language teaching and learning and that help language teaching to be an open window towards other cultures and to develop a new and open-minded attitude towards diversity. Therefore, we will try to study some of the main current methodological approaches, stereotypes and contents linked to that intercultural competence.

scholarly journals CULTURES AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN STANDARD SITUATIONS: DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOUR

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Samokhina
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Communicative Intention ◽  
Communicative Strategies ◽  
Different Cultures

Successful interaction across cultures requires cultural awareness and cultural intelligence which help the participants of communication select effective verbal and nonverbal means to realize their communicative intention. The paper addresses communicative strategies of representatives of different cultures in similar communicative situations. The author shows conclusively that though the Americans and the British share the same language their communicative behavior differs in typical situations of business interaction, which makes them use different verbal and nonverbal means to achieve their communicative goals. Due to the cultural differences, Russian speaking students need to be taught these differences to achieve cultural intelligence.

scholarly journals PEMBINGKAIAN BUDAYA JAWA DAN BELANDA DI DALAM NOVEL BUMI MANUSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Denasya Nasution ◽  
Said Fadhlain ◽  
Reni Juliani
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Different Cultures

The novel Bumi Manusia is a controversial novel that contains Indigenous life in the Dutch colonial period. Pram depicts the cultural differences between Indigenous and Dutch with a very contrast in all aspects in more detail and depth. The purpose of this research is to expose the cultural differences which are framed in the novel Bumi Manusia. This research is also intended to expose the differences between Javanese and Dutch cultures which not only distinguish culture based on appearance and language. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with secondary data which are obtained from the library research, in the form of literature which are related to this research. The results of this study are: 1) Culture can affect one's personality and mindset. 2) The author describes broader cultural differences and is able to criticize the social gap or strata which are formed from the different cultures at the same time. Keywords :Framing Analysis, Media Studies, Bumi Manusia

scholarly journals Psychological Effects of Rhythmic Entrainment and Trance Experience: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
The West ◽  
Brain Waves ◽  
Basic Ability ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Fundamental Mechanism

Synchronization to music is a basic ability for humans and the key component of synchronization is to entrain a particular rhythm. EEG studies show that when we synchronize with a rhythm, our brain waves also synchronize. From this view, trance can be a state of consciousness that is a result of rhythmic entrainment of brain waves. It is known that Shamans perform a ceremony with drums and experience trance for centuries. Although using rhythm to mediate trance goes back to Shamanism, it is also a part of different cultures. Trance experience continues its existence with psychedelic trance dance in the West and also with dhikr and Sama in the East world. If we define the term of “trance” as “a state of wajd”, experiences of Shaman rituals, psychedelic dance and dhikr are similar, because of using rhythm as a mediator. In this review, comparison of the trance experiences shows that the psychological effects of rhythmic entrainment point to a fundamental mechanism beyond cultural differences. Keywords Rhythmic entrainment, synchronization, trance

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