CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOG AS A PEDAGOGICAL INSTRUMENT OF MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS.

The  pa per em phasizes the  pros pects of cross-cultural dialog as a means of  poly-cultural education, and demonstrates the ex perience of culture dialog referring to a foreign language university course. Analyzing the existing definitions and s pecificities of cross-cultural dialog, the author re...

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Main Author: L. N. Kozina (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:The  pa per em phasizes the  pros pects of cross-cultural dialog as a means of  poly-cultural education, and demonstrates the ex perience of culture dialog referring to a foreign language university course. Analyzing the existing definitions and s pecificities of cross-cultural dialog, the author regards it as a communicative context of culture clashes, as well as the mechanism of mutual understanding and enrichment in cultural and semantic s pheres. Consequently, the cross-cultural dialogue and its further reflection hel p to develo p active life attitude and readiness for  professional activity in a situation of multicultural diversity; on the other hand, it develo ps students' ethnic identity, em pathy, and ability to re present the native culture. The theoretical  part of the research  presents a three-stage formation model of the cross-culture dialog aimed at develo ping a multicultural  personality; the  practical  part describes a seminar on the cross-culture dialog with students s pecializing in the Theory and Methods of English Language Teaching at Tumen State University. The  pa per is addressed to methodologists and foreign language teaches both  practicing and  pros pective.
Item Description:1994-5639
2310-5828
10.17853/1994-5639-2014-3-79-92