Intercultural competences in college students

This paper shows the results of a pilot study conducted with students who are learning in a foreign language program while pursuing a degree in Tourism at a public university in western Mexico. The aim of this study was to explore to what extentstudents are developing or improving their intercultura...

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Autor: Nigra, Sabrina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Diálogos sobre educación. Temas actuales en investigación Educativa
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:dialogossobreeducacion.cucsh.udg.mx:article/648
Acceso en línea:http://dialogossobreeducacion.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/DSE/article/view/648
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intercultural communication – Global Education – International Education
Comunicación intercultural – Educación global – Educación internacional
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Sumario:This paper shows the results of a pilot study conducted with students who are learning in a foreign language program while pursuing a degree in Tourism at a public university in western Mexico. The aim of this study was to explore to what extentstudents are developing or improving their intercultural competences through the learning of a third language. The methodological design used in the study is mixed and the theoretical perspective that was taken as a reference is internationalization at home, one of whose objectives is the development of intercultural competences.