Description of an intercultural experience
Aim:
increasing awareness of intercultural interaction, improving reflection skills
Assignment description:
Writing the reflective paper concerning past or current intercultural experience.
Paper’s structure:
a) intercultural description,
b) elaboration of values, presuppositions, assumptions, patterns of behavior functioning in other culture,
c) elaboration of how the other culture differs from one’s own,
d) application of notions, abilities and communication skills learnt during the course to better understanding the situation of intercultural experience,
e) possible implication for one’s future interactions.
Outcomes:
overcoming one’s anxiety of encounter with another culture, reflection on intercultural learning, application of concepts
