Intercultural Management and Leadership in the Context of Language Academies

Throughout this undergraduate thesis, a study of intercultural management and leadership will be carried out with a special focus on language academies. We begin by analyzing the importance of cultural values and their effects on the perception of a leader. We then study the role of Strategic Human Resources Management in an intercultural environment. Finally, as an original contribution to this thesis, an investigation is performed that examines three local language academies and their management practices. After reviewing the findings, we hope to propose a sort of ‘best practices’ for language academies that could lead to a more harmonious relationship between teachers and their managers.

Raíces estéticas de la música cubana, antecedentes de la canción popular, variantes y tipos (1800-1934): un estudio intercultural

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Vitoria-Gasteiz ¿ciudad intercultural? Estudio sobre la minoría magrebí en Vitoria-Gasteiz

Estudio sobre la minoría magrebí en la ciudad de Vitoria-Gasteiz. Análisis del concepto minoría, racismo, interculturalidad, asimilación, integración...Resumen de los últimos acontecimientos con el racismo y la intolerancia hacia el colectivo magrebí. Posibles métodos para lograr su integración en la sociedad

Direito Penal Intercultural: possibilidades filosóficas e dogmáticas caso específico Direito Penal Econômico

O presente trabalho parte das concepções morais de Kant sobre o imperativo categórico, sua ideia de punir e a noção de cosmopolitismo, como uma forma de integrar os povos nos mais diversos cantos através de parâmetros racionais, visando alcançar o que o filósofo denomina de Paz Perpétua. O pós kantiano Hoffe é tomado como base para um modelo de Direito Intercultural, no qual, os cidadãos são unidos por valores universais em torno de pretensões comuns. Neste contexto emerge o Direito Penal Intercultural como forma de se consagrar bens comuns, através da tipificação de delitos que representam preceitos éticos globais, os quais merecem ser tutelados por estarem associados a direitos humanos. Nesta sociedade moderna marcada por grandes transformações em diversos setores, como decorrência da globalização, fala-se em uma nova área criminal, qual seja, o Direito Penal Econômico, trazendo crimes existentes em qualquer lugar do mundo, como as infrações tributárias, praticadas por criminosos de colarinho branco. A impunidade destes crimes é um fator notório. Em razão de tal fato e, por questões de justiça e solidariedade defende-se um modelo criminal de punição, que tem uma fundamentação moral e se mostra aplicável em qualquer país, independentemente de suas especificidades locais. Para tal é necessário uma releitura dos paradigmas tradicionais do Direito Penal e uma maior eticização de suas normas, proporcionando o que se chama Direito Penal Intercultural.

A module-based approach to foster and document the intercultural process before and during the residence abroad.

This article contributes to the debate on what form of preparation and support can enhance the intercultural student experience during the Year Abroad. It presents a credit-bearing and multi-modal module at a UK university designed to both prepare students prior to departure through a series of workshops and activities on an e-portfolio and help them engage in meta-reflection on intercultural issues during their stay. The presentation of the curricular components of the course and instances extracted from student blogs are contextualised within theoretical considerations on intercultural education and a holistic approach to student development. The longitudinal evolution of the module is presented in the context of an iterative approach leading to a cycle of revisions and amendments. With its pragmatic stance this article aims to address one of the concerns recently expressed about intercultural education, namely that although intercultural theories are suitably incorporated in the latest thinking on communicative competence, there is a lack of evidence-based practice.

Hacia una educación intercultural: diversidad y convivencia en un centro de Pamplona

“Hacia una educación intercultural: diversidad y convivencia en un centro de Pamplona” es un trabajo que hace un recorrido por la sociedad multicultural actual y pretende acercar la experiencia multicultural vivida en un colegio del barrio de San Jorge de Pamplona. Este trabajo se centra en la interculturalidad como realidad social y la educación intercultural como elementos fundamentales para convivir desde la comunicación y el intercambio cultural. Ante los cambios sociales producidos en España debido a la inmigración, la escuela se ha visto inmersa en un proceso de cambio. La educación intercultural encuentra una respuesta positiva ante esta nueva realidad y, mediante el trabajo, podemos hacernos una idea de cómo se está viviendo este cambio y qué supone para el sistema educativo.

Translating Nietzsche, mediating literature: Alexander Tille and the limits of Anglo-German intercultural transfer

Dr. Alexander Tille (1866–1912) was one of the key-figures in Anglo-German intercultural transfer towards the end of the 19th century. As a lecturer in German at Glasgow University he was the first to translate and edit Nietzsche’s work into English. Writers such as W. B. Yeats were influenced by Nietzsche and used Tille’s translations. Tille’s social Darwinist reading of the philosopher’s oeuvre, however, had a narrowing impact on the reception of Nietzsche in the Anglo-Saxon world for decades. Through numerous publications Tille disseminated knowledge about British authors (e.g., Robert Louis Stevenson, William Wordsworth) in Germany and about German authors (e.g., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) in Britain. His role as mediator also extended into areas such as history, religion, and industry. During the Boer war, however, Tille’s outspoken pro-German nationalism brought him in conflict with his British host society. After being physically attacked by his students he returned to Germany and published a highly anglophobic monograph. Tille personifies the paradox of Anglo-German relations in the pre-war years, which deteriorated despite an increase in intercultural transfer and knowledge about the respective Other. [From the Author]

Intercultural competence in the area of drug dependencies

This article takes a multidimensional or biopsychosocial conception of drug dependency as its starting point. Within this analytical framework, we advocate making the intercultural dimension more visible, since it is essential for the design and implementation of integral intervention processes. We propose intercultural competence as a working model that can increase the capacities of institutions and professionals —a particularly important consideration in the case of social work— in order to effectively address the aforementioned cultural dimension. After an extensive review of the scientific literature, we have defined five processes that can contribute to strengthening an institution’s intercultural competence and four processes that can do the same for a professional’s intercultural competence. Though selected for application in the area of drug dependencies, all these processes can also prove useful in improving attention to any other kind of culturally diverse group or person.

Interpersonal Aspects of Thinking Skills in an Intercultural Language Learning Context

Asking and answering certain types of questions are thought to develop thinking skills in all types of classrooms. Previous research has demonstrated that asking higher order questions and answering with elaborated responses are associated with high achievement in first, second, and foreign language contexts. Typically more attention is paid to question frequency or achievements inferred from individual performances than to the dialogues in which asking and answering occurs. This paper argues for a focus on the construction of responses in interaction as an alternative to the investigation of questions, effects of training or individual measurements of performance. Drawing on interactional data from an adult English as a Second Language classroom, it is argued that constructing an answer to a critical question appears to be a highly collaborative and evaluative affair. The thinking skills literature suggests that responding to higher order questions is an individual higher cognitive function, however it is argued in this paper that in attempting to construct evaluative answers language learners are involved not only in a cognitive task, which may or may not be helpful to language learning, but also in a complex social task in which perspectives need to be negotiated, stances taken and identities navigated. It is suggested that higher order thinking cannot be separated from the social and cultural knowledge through which it is brought into being. It is argued that any implementation of thinking skills in an English language teaching context ought to consider interpersonal and social aspects, particularly in intercultural settings.