Intercultural communication competence development through student mobility programmes and through internationalisation at home


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This paper assumes that internationalisation of higher education demands a variety of pedagogical approaches to facilitate every student’s acquisition of intercultural competencies. Drawing from two existing internationalisation approaches, it is argued that intercultural communication - both as a field of study and a discipline - can also play a key role in this process. Only graduates who possess intercultural communication competence as well asknowledge and such skills as cultural awareness, second language acquisition, and interaction across cultures will be able to live and work more effectively in a diverse and global environment.

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Elena Yu. Makeeva

Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education

Email: helenmckey2205@gmail.com
Cand. Phil. Sci., Associate Professor, Head of English Philology and Intercultural Communication Department. 65/67, M. Gorkiy str., Samara, Russian Federation, 443099

Natasha Gousseva

Faculty of International Business and Communication, Maastricht University

Email: natasha.gousseva@zuyd.nl
Associate Professor of European Studies Department. Brusselsweg 150, 6217 HB Maastricht, Postbus 634, 6200 AP Maastricht

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