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On Fostering Intercultural Competence Through Global News Programmes. / Копыловская, Мария Юрьевна; Иванова, Татьяна Николаевна.
In: Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, Vol. Vol 2, No. No 4 (2014), 2014, p. с.707-713.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - On Fostering Intercultural Competence Through Global News Programmes
AU - Копыловская, Мария Юрьевна
AU - Иванова, Татьяна Николаевна
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The article deals with the issue of fostering intercultural competence through global news programs. The authors consider key concepts of the issues taking Hofstede’s viewpoint on culture and his “culture onion” as the basis for understanding whether and how global news can be involved into building intercultural skills so relevant to the globalized world. The issue of media is also viewed through the prism of McLuhan’s “understanding the media”, where media are seen as a trigger for launching motivation for gaining cultural knowledge. The authors’ project generally accepted structure of intercultural competence and its components onto pedagogical process and share the finding of their classroom research analyzing the state of cultural awareness and the picture of cultural identity in the group of students of Saint-Petersburg University and come to the conclusion that cultural identity and cultural sensitivity should serve as the background for the process of fostering intercultural competence and glo
AB - The article deals with the issue of fostering intercultural competence through global news programs. The authors consider key concepts of the issues taking Hofstede’s viewpoint on culture and his “culture onion” as the basis for understanding whether and how global news can be involved into building intercultural skills so relevant to the globalized world. The issue of media is also viewed through the prism of McLuhan’s “understanding the media”, where media are seen as a trigger for launching motivation for gaining cultural knowledge. The authors’ project generally accepted structure of intercultural competence and its components onto pedagogical process and share the finding of their classroom research analyzing the state of cultural awareness and the picture of cultural identity in the group of students of Saint-Petersburg University and come to the conclusion that cultural identity and cultural sensitivity should serve as the background for the process of fostering intercultural competence and glo
KW - Key words: intercultural competence
KW - global news as a teaching input
KW - cultural awareness
KW - cultural identity
KW - cultural sensitivity
M3 - Article
VL - Vol 2,
SP - с.707-713
JO - Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes
JF - Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes
SN - 2334-9182
IS - No 4 (2014)
ER -
ID: 5761886