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The Transformative Experience of Cultivating Empathy in Teaching Intercultural Studies as Substantiated in The Socioli...
ISSN: 2710 - 8619
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The Transformative Experience of Cultivating Empathy in Teaching Intercultural Studies as Substantiated in The Socioli...
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Publisher: Altralang Journal Altralang Journal
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Abstract
Different value systems, coupled with diverging communication styles and behaviours can build up into stern instances of miscommunication and conflict among cultural groups, both within and across societies. In this spirit, my paper probes the following question: How can learners of intercultural studies attain the flair to understand the dynamics of intercultural contact and the practical skills to successfully engage with cultural diversity? This is tested against the postulation which states that learners of intercultural studies can scarcely generate a trans-cultural competence in an eight-week lecture series. With this in mind and through the intercultural studies lecture series, my main objective is to call attention to the significance of cultivating empathy which becomes pivotal in the intercultural perception enacted by and cultivated in the Master 1 (Sociolinguistics and Gender Studies) inter-culturality classroom. The resea...
