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Online program design is important for cross-cultural learning and cultural awareness and responsiveness. Because of the importance of these areas in journalism and similar fields, this research studies an intercultural "bridge" project with journalism and media-related students at a southwest U.S. university and four universities in Yemen. The paper presents an analysis of the students' experience of the cultural exchange on the platform, Slack, of journalism, and other types of media. Data demonstrated the impact of learning about each culture, and interculturally, through students' and instructors' perspectives versus news coverage provided by mainstream media. Intercultural bridge building and relationship development through collective activities and journalistic work also offered promise. The study also revealed impediments to seamless cultural exchanges and learning, and barriers to effective intercultural communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Intercultural communication at Bawaka often brings ŋäpaki, non-Indigenous visitors, into a series of new relationships – with Yolŋu people, with each other, with place, and with themselves. From a Bawaka Yolŋu ontology, this is part of bala ga' lili, giving and taking, co-creating balance through relationships of reciprocity and responsibility. This paper is a collaboratively written piece by Yolŋu hosts and non-Yolŋu academics as part of Bawaka Country and reflects our own efforts at embodying bala ga' lili. It considers how visitors to Bawaka come into relationship with themselves, their hosts, each other, and place. It discusses the opportunities and limitations of these relationships and emphasizes the importance of multi-directional, embodied, more-than-human communication. Through an analysis of a student fieldtrip and discussion of Yolŋu hosts' expectations and aspirations, it argues that with communication and the formation of new relationships comes responsibilities to translate new understandings across time and place, assisting with the important, although only ever incompletely possible, work of breaking unjust systems and contributing to more just and sustainable processes and outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research focus on the divergences in linguistic action patterns and the effect of intercultural communication through in conversations in lingua franca. The above in order to identify speech acts produced in the social interactions between members of different cultures, specifically Chinese and Colombian. Therefore, an analytical methodology was applied in relation to the dyadic conversation among a Chinese and a Colombian teacher who interacted in English. The results show the obstacles overcoming among both participants, who took into account cultural dimensions, as well as signs of gestural and body language to solve any difficulties presented by verbal communication. However, the lack of knowledge about linguistic rules in relation to the use of language and the cultural standards, such as stereotypes, social distances, besides the cultural iceberg could cause certain difficulties in the pragmatics of communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Leadership has an impact on the work culture of companies, this is the product of the communication flows that emerge within it. Objective. To compare the relationship between leadership and organizational culture of two international maquiladora companies, one located in Mexico and the other in South Korea. Materials and methods. A quantitative case study was made from 283 questionnaires. The variables of interest were organizational culture and leadership. Results. There is a positive link between leadership and the organizational culture of companies. Regarding the context of the company, the geographical location has a great influence, not only due to the physical environment that surrounds it, but also due to cultural, economic and political factors that affect its way of operation. Conclusion. The closer the leader is to his collaborators; the culture will be strengthened and there will be better labor synergy. Despite the fact that different leaderships prevail in the two companies studied, in none of the cases was an authoritarian or transforming leadership observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research analyzes the acculturation stress created by migratory flows in the peoples of the city of Guayaquil. With a quantitative approach and with a descriptive exploratory scope, behavioral differences, affective, cognitive and procedural factors that produce inequality and imbalance in contact between the immigrant and the native are analyzed, starting from the concepts of perceived threat. The Acculturation Stress Scale in Native Americans (Carmen Ramírez et al., 2012) was used as the study instrument. The results showed the reliability and validity of the questionnaire in the Guayaquil context. The factors that cause the most stress are: competition for resources, preferential programs for migrants; as well as elements of group identity. However, the responses showed favorable reactions in favor of social interaction and social desirability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the work is the identification of the elements of intercultural communication through the stories about the experience of Living in Chile of eighth grade students from Antofagasta, Chile. The method is biographical-narrative based on oral reports of a school case study, semi-structured interviews and content analysis of eight stories of adolescent students between 13 and 14 years old of the eighth grade of the basic year. The results reflect the need for a communicative immersion period at school for effective intercultural communication interaction in the verbal and non-verbal dimension. It is concluded that, in the entry, permanence and graduation of students to education, the importance of the support of the speech therapy professional for mediation and immersion in intercultural communication at school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Keywords: highly-educated refugees; intercultural communication; intercultural communicative competence; labour market integration; resilience; hochqualifizierte geflüchtete Menschen; interkulturelle Kommunikation; interkulturelle Kommunikationskompetenz; Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt; Resilienz; refugiados altamente calificados; comunicación intercultural; competencia comunicativa intercultural; integración al mercado laboral; resiliencia EN highly-educated refugees intercultural communication intercultural communicative competence labour market integration resilience hochqualifizierte geflüchtete Menschen interkulturelle Kommunikation interkulturelle Kommunikationskompetenz Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt Resilienz ES refugiados altamente calificados comunicación intercultural competencia comunicativa intercultural integración al mercado laboral resiliencia 31 56 26 03/11/22 20220301 NES 220301 1 Introduction As a result of wars, persecution, and human rights violations, there are currently more than 70 million forcibly-displaced people worldwide (United Nations Refugee Agency 2019). Yet while municipalities throughout the Netherlands provide basic support for such refugees, and the newcomers receive instruction in the Dutch language, they are not given any systematic ICC training - and their long-term integration into the labour market is, for the most part, an individual responsibility ([30] et al. 2015). While much more remains to be done, we thus argue that both the explicit teaching of PICC to refugees themselves, and the increased awareness of the importance of PICC among professionals who are supposed to help them, can potentially constitute sensible first steps towards assisting and promoting refugees' labour market integration. However, recent research in the Netherlands and several other EU countries ([6] et al. 2020) indicates that highly-educated refugees face the same challenges as refugees in general. [Extracted from the article]

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This article aims to determine the importance of communication, non-verbal language, and cultural awareness in preparing peace support operations and military training. To this end, it analyzes communicative competencies and their importance in these operations, as well as interculturality and nonverbal communication, discussing the elements involved in the nonverbal language in detail. Finally, it concludes that training and awareness on the correct use of communication and nonverbal language that considers interculturality is essential in effectively developing a peace support operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La irrupción del enfoque intercultural en el ámbito de la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras ha suscitado cambios y ajustes conceptuales que renuevan la visión del trinomio lengua, cultura y literatura. El objetivo del presente artículo es proponer una metodología para el tratamiento de los contenidos socioculturales siguiendo los principios teóricos del enfoque intercultural. Para ello, se ha seleccionado un articuento de Juan José Millás, a partir del cual se plantea el desarrollo integrado de los componentes de la competencia comunicativa intercultural: conocimientos, habilidades, destrezas y actitudes. Constituye una visión renovada en el uso del texto literario, que además del input cultural constituya una vía para la formación intercultural del aprendiente de ELE. Irruption of the intercultural approach, in the field of foreign language teaching, has brought about changes and conceptual adjustments that renew the vision of the trinomial language, culture and literature. The objective of this article is to propose a methodology for the treatment of sociocultural content following the theoretical principles of the intercultural approach. For this, an article by Juan José Millás has been selected, from which the integrated development of the components of intercultural communicative competence: knowledge, skills and attitudes is proposed. It constitutes a renewed vision in the use of the literary text, which in addition to the cultural input provides a way for the intercultural training of the SFL learner.

Abstract: According to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the intercultural competence is one of the aspects that must be developed as part of the communicative competence in a foreign language. Two groups of students in their 6th year of Primary Education work on a pollution project through English as the vehicular language. The experimental group works in collaboration with students from a school in Poland through the eTwinning tool. The control group performs the same tasks, but with working teams formed by students from the same classroom. After the project, both groups conducted a questionnaire about their awareness regarding intercultural communicative competence. Results reveal that the group that worked in collaboration with the international students developed their intercultural competence more than the other group. Collaboration with students from another country— which has been possible through eTwinning — seems to have contributed to the development of this competence. Resumen: De acuerdo con el Marco Común Europeo de Referencia (MCER), la competencia intercultural es uno de los aspectos que se deben desarrollar como parte de la competencia comunicativa en una lengua extranjera. Dos grupos de alumnos de 6º de Educación Primaria trabajan en un proyecto sobre contaminación utilizando el inglés como lengua vehicular. El grupo experimental trabaja en colaboración con alumnos de un centro de Polonia a través de la herramienta eTwinning. Por su parte, el grupo de control realiza las mismas tareas, pero con equipos de trabajo formados por alumnos del mismo aula. Tras el proyecto, ambos grupos realizaron una encuesta de percepción sobre diversos aspectos relacionados con la competencia intercultural. Los resultados muestran que el grupo que trabajó con los alumnos polacos ha evolucionado más en su competencia intercultural que el grupo control. La colaboración con alumnos de otro país, que ha sido posible a través de eTwinning, parece haber contribuido al desarrollo de esta competencia.

The following article presents an analysis of the use of educational radio in intercultural education contexts and how, from its implementation, elements of media and information literacy are noticed, which facilitates and encourages the construction of adequate intercultural communication. The research has been carried out in Chile, specifically in rural schools in the communes of San Juan de la Costa and San Pablo, with the participation of students and teachers of basic and high school education, mostly of Mapuche huilliche origin, a native people of the south from that country. The methodology used has a qualitative approach, having as data collection strategies semi-structured interviews with key informants, participant observation in situ (both face-to-face and virtual) and virtual ethnography. The main results have shown that: Educational radio can generate training content to enhance the processes of cultural emancipation, generating, at the same time, spaces for reflection and critical thinking in students. Media and information literacy is pertinent as a pedagogical tool to mainstream the teaching and learning processes in the Chilean educational context, as it allows taking from the media, elements for the construction of democratic societies. And as communication intercultural, the ability of students to create and produce radio content from their own realities, which can be disseminated and put at the service of their cultures while promoting their ways of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Intercultural communication is considered a progressively developing trend, both abroad and in modern Russia. The concept of Western research on this topic is interdisciplinary approaches this situation is conditioned by the need for a multilateral analysis of the processes taking place in this field. Attention is focused on studying the barriers to communication of representatives of many socio-cultural systems. The information reflects the experience of using Western methodology to analyze the problems of intercultural interaction. The main barriers that reduce the effectiveness of interactions are the differences in cognitive schemes that are relevant for representatives of certain cultures (in particular linguistic and non-verbal schemes, moments of public consciousness). The results of the study do not allow the dissemination of conclusions to an extremely broad social context. But due to the experience of interpreting the problems of intercultural communication, information is useful for organizations that function in the field of education, as well as leading dialogue between Russia and the West. It was possible to identify approaches to the definition of intercultural communication as an important branch of knowledge in the context of globalization, analyzing domestic and foreign traditions. The factors that predetermine the effectiveness of communication, as well as methods for overcoming complexities in the course of intercultural communication, are listed. The approaches that form the basis of the process of preparing people for life and work in a multicultural society, in the context of intercultural communication, are at the center of attention. Thanks to the culture of communication, it is possible to achieve mutual understanding between different nations, to form national self-consciousness, as well as the effective development of traditional cultures. A valuable social function is to translate not just the national and ethnic culture, but also to introduce the younger generation to common values, the world cultural process, of which the culture of any people is considered a part. For this, a dialogue of cultures is established, inter-ethnic communication appears. Nowadays there are quite a lot of nationalistic tendencies explaining the desire of the ethnoses to revive and preserve, develop personal cultural traditions and language, and to establish modern culture at the personal and group level thanks to national forms and symbols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper discusses the role of traditional folk songs and dances in the development of intercultural communication among elementary school children. Since we live in a multicultural society, it is necessary to develop the awareness of young people regarding the need to nurture harmonious relations among nations. The paper outlines the results of the empirical research aimed at determining whether the eighth-grade students from Central Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija know which nations live in their region and what their traditional songs and dances are. The results of the survey show that most students know the nations living in their vicinity but do not know their traditional songs and dances. This indicates that this kind of information and teaching content were not recognized and used as a means of interethnic connection, getting familiar with and understanding other nations. Traditional songs and dances can be a significant factor of successful intercultural communication in elementary schools if teachers recognize and use their potential. Descriptive method as well as the analysis and synthesis were used in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this theoretical research is to analyze and explain the contribution of public relations in intercultural dialogue within social organizations. To do this we resorted to investigating the social conflicts occurred during 2020; as well as to describe how the use of communication tools, in particular intercultural dialogue, can promote understanding and empathy in the face of different social problems. The communicative management that a public relations professional must carry out through effective communication must aim at mutual understanding between government and citizens, highlighting the active participation of the community, emphasizing the active participation of the community and the value represented by the continuous debate between the citizens and their institutions. For public relations professionals, it is a challenge to carry out intercultural communication with the purpose of solving the serious problems of dialogue and lack of understanding, thus recognizing the importance of maintaining a strategic organizational communication, where the messages are bidirectional, generating thus greater interaction and, above all, the resolution of social conflicts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The presence of the Other, (which in this document will be presented in capital letters due to the deliberate intention of giving it dignity and value of equality), is the axis of the literary review in which it is exposed from the field of communication, that there is not possibility of dialogue without an Other. The Other is not seen as the antagonist or as the enemy, but as the very reason for the communicative fact. Thus, the literature of Husserl, Buber, Gadamer, Freire, Prieto, Quintanilla, Theunissen, Panikkar, among others, is traversed to recover their references made about the Other and the qualities resulting from dialogue as an experience of encounter with otherness. The relational encounter with the Other that the communicative experience becomes effective is assumed from both an existential and a humanistic dimension, showing the difference between a dialectical dialogue, telegraphic or unidirectional, and the dialogical dialogue, as a space and environment conducive to construction and equitable exchange of senses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article is devoted to the problem of cultural adaptation of foreign undergraduate students upon admission to study at master's degree programs in Russian universities. The analysis of collected research data is performed based on the critical incident technique. The study involved conducting respondent interviews. The data obtained in the course of the study reveals the main indicators of stress, adaptation, and growth of communicative competence in various ethnic and cultural groups of respondents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study is a description of modern national Tatar Literature beginning with the 1970s till the present. The methods of continuous sampling, linguistic description, and the comparative method have been the tools for this research. The object of this study is the reflection of the term "forest" in the national literature. Nowadays, the irreplaceable role of forests as an ecological framework of the biosphere, the main component of natural complexes determining the stability and ecological balance on the planet, is universally recognized. In modern literature, forests are reflected as a global spiritual crisis of mankind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify strategies to manage cultural diversity and develop creativity at "Fertial Company" in Algeria, following a partnership with a Spanish partner that caused intercultural communication problems among multicultural competencies. As a solution, managers have worked on cultural diversity management methods to support external pressures arising from the external environment and internal pressures related to the functional combination of Cultural backgrounds. The study finds that multiculturalism enhances human and organizational capital, leads to organizational flexibility, and leads to creativity, multiple options, creative alternatives, and solves problems efficiently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Interculturality is often used in L2 Spanish didactics. However, its theoretical underpinnings are unclear and somehow ideologically biased. This paper clarifies intercultural issues as a core aspect in the field of second language teaching. To this end, it considers contributions from different fields (sociology, pedagogy, hermeneutics, or literature) which focus on the dialogical, social, and cultural condition of the human being. This approach invites a new conception of multiculturality in the humanistic-cultural classroom. Literature, this article proposes, overruns all intercultural boundaries as it represents universals beyond local issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the relationship between international cultural and communicative flows, taking as a reference the recommendations of the McBride report published in 1980 as a warning to the concentration of media power in the hands of a small number of countries, a situation that favored uniformity cultural on the planet. These pages aim to update that photograph made by said report from the dissection of the origin and control of the media landscape, as well as its main channels and audiences. Through a qualitative research of the main media conglomerates and the most widely spread international television channels in the world, it is established how the mechanisms of cultural influence on the planet work today. The results of the research do not differ substantially from those of the Mc Bride report and show how the control of the media of the main communication conglomerates continues in the hands of a small group of Western countries and that their messages continue to contribute to the dissemination of economic, political models and hegemonic cultural Despite the prevalence of this dynamic, this article also echoes several responses at the local level, from the creation of communication media based on cultural ties and directed in many cases, to migrant communities in the diaspora, to the appearance of innovative opportunities linked to the development of the digital communication ecosystem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]