Intercultural Competence and Communication Skills
What is Intercultural Competence?
Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures. Intercultural competence is also called “cross-cultural competence” In conclusion it is a balance, intuitively adapted, among four parts: -Knowledge (about other cultures and other people’s behaviors).-Empathy (understanding the feelings and needs of other people).-Self-confidence (knowledge of one’s own desires, strengths, weaknesses, and emotional
Effective Communication: Process, Elements, and Barriers
The Communication Process
The communication process involves several key stages:
- Development of Leadership: Thinking about the intended message.
- Encoding: Choosing the appropriate code (e.g., language, symbols).
- Transmission: Selecting a channel for communication (how to send the message).
- Reception: The message is received. Successful reception and understanding are crucial.
- Decoding: Interpreting the message. The closer the receiver’s interpretation is to the sender’s intention, the more successful
Audio-Lingual Method: Teaching Foreign Languages
Audio-Lingual Method (ALM)
The Audio-Lingual Method (ALM) is a method for teaching foreign languages that emphasizes listening and speaking before reading and writing. Students listen and repeat what the teacher says. The general goal of the ALM is to enable communication in the target language. Short-range objectives include training in listening comprehension and accurate pronunciation. Long-range objectives, or the ultimate goal, is to develop the student’s abilities to be the same as native speakers,
Read MoreKey Concepts in Child Development
- Channelized Development: Development is guaranteed in the early stages of life.
- Symbol: A graphic representation of meaning by a signifier.
- Intellectual Activity: Intelligent conductualization.
- Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt Crisis: Corresponds to the anal phase.
- Mindset: The basic cognitive unit.
- Accommodation: Modifying actions to adapt to new situations.
- Assimilation: Incorporating new information to understand the world.
- Birth Trauma Causes: Delay in reading acquisition, difficulty with perceptual skills,
Classroom Speaking Activities and Teacher’s Role
Teaching Speaking
Reasons for Teaching Speaking
There are many reasons for getting students to speak in the classroom:
- Speaking activities provide rehearsal opportunities.
- Speaking tasks provide feedback for both teacher and students in different situations.
- The more students activate, the more they automate, the more autonomous they become.
- Speaking activities are designed to provoke “speaking-as-a-skill“, where there is a purpose for talking which is not just linguistic.
Speaking Sequences
There are many
Read MoreActive Listening vs. Passive Listening
Active Listening
Active Listening is a technique that is used in counseling, training, and solving disputes or conflicts. It requires the listener to fully concentrate, understand, respond, and then remember what is being said. This is opposed to other listening techniques like reflective listening and empathic listening.
- Reflective listening is where the listener repeats back to the speaker what they have just heard to confirm understanding of both parties.
- Empathic Listening is about giving people