Developing Intercultural Competence through the Learning Community Model

Autor/in	Rivera-Mills, Susana V.
Institution	Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)
Titel	Developing Intercultural Competence through the Learning Community Model
Quelle	(2010), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Spanish; College Faculty; Cultural Awareness; Communities of Practice; Social Integration; Integrated Curriculum; Outcomes of Education; Second Language Learning; Hispanic American Students; College Students; Teacher Student Relationship; Team Teaching; Course Descriptions; Second Language Instruction; Friendship; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Spanisch; Fakultät; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Community; Soziale Integration; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teamteaching; Kursstrukturplan; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Freundschaft
Abstract	Learning Communities (LC) represent an alternative model of teaching and learning in higher education that can foster intercultural competence and knowledge. "Some of the distinctive features of LCs are that they are usually smaller than most units on campus, they help overcome the isolation of faculty members from one another and their students, they encourage continuity and integration in the curriculum and they help build a sense of group identity, cohesion and "specialness"" (O'Connor 2003). Having integrated a Spanish language LC at our institution we found this model to produce positive academic and affective outcomes. This model engages disaffected second language (L2) learners, helps keep first- and second-year students in school, and helps Latino students feel supported (Trujillo 2009). This paper focuses on how this model additionally helps to develop intercultural competence by describing the implementation of assignments and the interethnic and intraethnic interactions in the course. (Contains 1 footnote.) [This paper was published in: Proceedings of Intercultural Competence Conference August, 2010, Vol. 1, pp. 335-357.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10