Adapting “Cultura” to Develop Intercultural Communicative Competence and Intercultural Citizenship
Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:30 PM–3:00 PM MST add to calendar
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Proposal Type
In-person paper presentation
Language of Presentation
English
Strand
Curriculum design and instruction
Summary
This paper describes how one Spanish intercultural conversation course adapted MIT’s Cultura Intercultural Project model when a partner classroom in another country could not be established. The results of the Intercultural Development Inventory point to students’ growth in intercultural communicative competence. Opportunities for intercultural citizenship education will also be discussed.
Primary Presenter
Lisa A Twomey, Ph.D., Concordia College-Moorhead
Country
USA