2020 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence

January 23–26, 2020

Tucson, Arizona and online

Adapting “Cultura” to Develop Intercultural Communicative Competence and Intercultural Citizenship

Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:30 PM–3:00 PM MST

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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