UID:
edocfu_9960119817602883
Format:
1 online resource (152 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
83-233-8436-3
Content:
The volume Developing Intercultural Competence through English: Focus on Ukrainian and Polish Cultures edited by Anna Niżegorodcew, Yakiv Bystrov and Marcin Kleban offers a valuable result of a joint intercultural project between two universities from the neighbouring countries of Poland and Ukraine. Among the mass of books on intercultural communication the proposed volume distinguishes itself by three features: unusual format combining the work of both scholars and students, the focus on the intracultural approach, and practical designation. It also stresses the increasing awareness in the modern world that teaching/learning English serves the purpose of developing general intercultural competence and not building the knowledge about the English speaking world. [...] The choice of topics [...] indicates an interesting cultural difference - Ukrainiar inclination to focus on the characteristic and attractive aspects of their own culture and Polish on the problematic and the difficult.
Note:
"The publication of this volume was supported by the Institute of English Philology, Jagiellonian University." -- t.p. verso.
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"The outcome of a joint innovative project of ... the English Philology Department of the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Krakow, Poland, and the English Philology Department of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (VSPNU) in Ivano-Frankivsk ... Ukraine." -- Preface.
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Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE. Culture - Communication - Intercultural Communication; 1.1. Understanding Culture and Communication; 1.2. Approaches to Studying Intercultural Communication; 1.3. Methods of Studying Intercultural Communication; 1.4. Theories of Intercultural Communication; 1.5. Integrating Cultural Awareness into Classroom Learning; CHAPTER TWO. English as a Lingua Franca in Intercultural Communication; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Sociocultural Theory of Second Language Learning
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2.3. Dissociation of English as a Language of International Communicationfrom the Target Language Culture2.4. Role of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF); 2.5. Using English as a Lingua Franca to Familiarize Speakers of OtherLanguages with One's Own Culture; 2.6. Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE. Developing Cultural Self-Awareness and Knowledgeto Enhance Intercultural Competence of Foreign Language Students; 3.1. Cultural Self-Awareness and Knowledge as Prerequisitesof Intercultural Competence
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3.2. Cultural Self-Awareness and Knowledge as One of the Principlesof an Intercultural Approach to Foreign Language Teaching3.3. Developing Cultural Self-Awareness and Knowledge DuringIntercultural Activities; 3.4. Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR. Computer Technology in Developing Intercultural Competence; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Role of Computer Technology in Facilitating the Developmentof Intercultural Competence; 4.3. ICT in Intercultural Exchanges; 4.4. Polish ? Ukrainian Computer-Mediated Exchange Project; 4.5. Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE. Interpreting Fiction; 5.1. Ukrainian Folk Tales
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5.2. Ukrainian PostmodernismCHAPTER SIX. Ukrainian Customs and Traditions; 6.1. Rites and Beliefs; 6.2. Folk Arts; CHAPTER SEVEN. Cultural Stereotypes and Lifestyle; 7.1. Gender Roles; 7.2. Student Life; CHAPTER EIGHT. Tourism and Migration in Ukraine; 8.1. Tourism Development; 8.2. Migration Policy; CHAPTER NINE. A Glimpse of the Latest Developments in Social Life; 9.1. Adopting European Standards in Education; 9.2. Changes in Cultural Life; CHAPTER TEN. Polish People's Attitudes Towards Religion; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Religion in Poland in the Past and at Present
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10.3. What Do Polish People Believe in?10.4. How Tolerant Are Poles of Other Religions?; CHAPTER ELEVEN. Is Poland an Anti-Semitic Country?; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Historical Background of Polish Anti-Semitism; 11.3. The Present Situation; CHAPTER TWELVE. Polish Standards of Politeness; 12.1. Introduction; 12.2. The Design of the Questionnaires; 12.3. Participants; 12.4. Results; 12.5. The Questionnaire for Polish People: The Evaluation of TenPotentially Impolite Instances of Behaviour; 12.6. The Experience of Polish People Regarding Their Interactionswith Foreigners; 12.7. Conclusions
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Are Polish Students Dishonest?
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 83-233-3240-1
Language:
English
