English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations

Teaching English in higher education entails additional factors and considerations that exemplify the complexity of accounting for the diverse population in modern higher education institutions. In particular, the increasing flow of international students and the employment demands of functioning in...

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Autores: R'boul, Hamza, Bueno-Alastuey, María Camino
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Palabra clave:Intercultural relations
English language teaching
Higher education
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title English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
spellingShingle English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
R'boul, Hamza
Intercultural relations
English language teaching
Higher education
title_short English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
title_full English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
title_fullStr English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
title_full_unstemmed English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
title_sort English language learning as intercultural experience: promoting a critical understanding of intercultural relations
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Bueno-Alastuey, María Camino
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Bueno-Alastuey, María Camino
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Intercultural relations
English language teaching
Higher education
topic Intercultural relations
English language teaching
Higher education
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