Language and Culture

1. Intercultural understanding

1.1. involves students learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutual respect.

2. Ethnocultural empathy

2.1. Ethnocultural empathy refers to understanding the feelings of people who are ethnic and / or culturally different from oneself

3. Intercultural Competence

3.1. “Intercultural competence is the ability to develop targeted knowledge, skills and attitudes that lead to visible behaviour and communication that are both effective and appropriate in intercultural interactions.”

4. Intercultural Communicative Competence

4.1. is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in various cultural contexts. ... Initially, a person's motivation for communicating with people from other cultures must be considered.