Актуальность представленных материалов определяется тем, что в контексте внедрения положений профессионального стандарта «Специалист области перевода», а также необходимости совершенствования учебно-программной документации (основных образовательных программ, учебных планов, рабочих программ дисциплин и практик) профильных вузов, ведущих подготовку переводчиков, рассматриваются результаты прове...

today, in times of globalisation, intercultural competence is required more than ever before. therefore, language institutes are advocating and keen to train their students in intercultural competence too. accordingly, they ensure that their teachers include teaching additional cultural information about the country of the language being taught in their courses. the fact is, however, that durin...

As the number of foreign people living in Japan has rapidly increased in the last decade, the necessity for intercultural understanding among Japanese people and foreigners alike is becoming more imperative. In the higher education system of Fukui prefecture in Japan, the researcher and her co-researchers aim at developing an original Intercultural Training program using information and communi...

Lina Lee University of New Hampshire The current study explores closely how using a combined modalities of asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) via blogs and face-to-face (FTF) interaction through ethnographic interviews with native speakers (L1s) supports autonomous learning as the result of reflective and social processes. The study involves 16 American undergraduate students wh...

The present essay focuses on problematizing the European Union’s claim that intercultural dialogue constitutes an advocated method of talking through cultural boundaries – inside as well as outside the classroom – based on mutual empathy and non-domination. More precisely, the aim is to analyze who is being constructed as counterparts of the intercultural dialogue through the discourse produced...

One way to develop intercultural sensitivity in learners is through the inclusion of intercultural training in ELT and teacher training courses. This study aimed at enhancing the intercultural sensitivity of EFL pre-service teachers through interactive culture-focused speaking tasks. Therefore, a task-based syllabus was designed based on the principles of constructivism and intercultural themes...

The e-learning system market is so fragmented that its developers are struggling with high attrition rate and low customer loyalty. Voice over Internet Protocol enabled online learning service providers are struggling with the same disloyalty issue despite its high degree of system fit for online global learning applications. Effective solutions to this prevalent problem rely on the understandi...

In fact students have already received almost totally grammatical rules during their several years study, but they often lack of the ability to actually use English and to understand the use in normal intercultural communication. Misunderstandings caused by cultural differences have involved them frequently in intercultural miscommunication. The purpose of this paper is to present the concept o...

Presents a short biography of one of the co-recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. One of the 2012 winners is Daniel Landis for his unparalleled contribution to the field of intercultural research in a distinguished academic career spanning almost half a century. Landis has shaped the field of ...