Reflections of intercultural communication from the perspective of a foreign teacher

Ponce Durán Fabiola
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Ponce Durán Fabiola: Universidad de Occidente

Journal of Intercultural Management, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 63-70

Abstract: The challenges of the globalized world, the constant progress of science and technology increasingly lead to a state of interdependence between countries which should lead to intercultural relations generate an attitude of respect for diversity with a more humane vision of life to work in international teams. Universities as organizations embedded in the dynamics of globalization offer academic programs with international or multicultural approach that encourage the development of skills, aptitudes and values according to international defendant. To do this, the recruitment of foreign personnel becomes imperative in meeting planned objectives, so the challenge of foreign teachers is presented to be inserted in different cultural environments transcend and reach their educational work in the formation of their students. The aim of this paper is to offer some reflections on the importance of intercultural communication product born of the increasing mobility of teachers who face the challenge of surviving in a country with different culture.

Keywords: Intercultural communication; culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/joim-2013-0005

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