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Teaching Cross-cultural Communication Issues – A Way of Successfully Integrating into the Multicultural Knowledge Society

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Since one of the purposes of education in the 21st century is our coping with the multicultural knowledge society, we have to prepare to acknowledge its differences in terms of cultural values, communication and behaviour patterns, habits and attitudes. This theoretical paper argues that an English language course in a technical university should aim at developing the students’ awareness of cultural differences, their communicative and cultural competence. The argument lies in the fact that cross-cultural understanding and cultural knowledge for politically-correct approaches are key issues to be considered for a safe and successful integration into our multicultural knowledge society.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.168

Author: Simona Elisabeta Catana

Institution: Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București

Language: English

Topic: Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2058178658

FWCI: 1.693

Cites: 7

Cited by: 18

Related to: 10