Post on 12-Jan-2016
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Aspects of Intercultural Communication
in Language Training
The Dignity of Man shall be Inviolable.
To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.
No one may be prejudiced or favoured because of his sex, his parentage, his race,
his language, his homeland and origin, his faith, or his religious or political opinions.
Everyone shall have the right freely to express and
disseminate his opinion by speech, writing and pictures
and freely to inform himself from generally accessible sources.
…There shall be no censorship
… These rights are limited…by the right to inviolability of personal honour
... Freedom of teaching shall not absolve from loyalty to the constitution
•“Why don‘t you have children?”
•The Fountain of Ignorance
•“Let’s talk about Religious
Terrorism in your home country!”
•“How large is your house?”
Pitfalls
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Language Course Books
- how are they received?
- writer and recipient/student
- contents
- authenticity vs ideology
Don’t teach them to ask questions (!?)
Don’t let them fail (!?)
Get your students acquainted with your framework of learning
and testing conditions
Face-to-Face Course Surgery
When in Rome do as the Romans do (!?)
German Armed Forces UN Training
Centre
Care and Welfare Programme for Foreign Students
Partnership with Language StudentsInformative visitsNational festivalsReligious festivals
Cultural eventsDay of Nations at BSprA
The Lowest Common Denominator
• Family, Work, Leisure
• Listen and Learn
• Dignity and Mutual Respect