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Teaching Intercultural Communication to Refugees: Strategies for Success

Explore effective methods for teaching intercultural communication to refugees, addressing stereotypes, prejudices, and racism. Learn practical approaches to fostering understanding and integration. Discover key steps and resources to enhance cultural awareness and adaptation in the classroom.

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Teaching Intercultural Communication to Refugees: Strategies for Success

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  1. YouRNI Karlsruhe 2018 Teaching interculturalcommunicationtorefugees Eva Götz

  2. Interculturalcommunication Talkingaboutcultures: Fallingintothetrapof Stereotypes? Prejudices? Racism? Or: Accusationsof beingprejudices? introduction

  3. Interculturalcommunication Teaching „Interculturalism“ in 60 minutesis like teaching „The languagesofAfrica“ in 1 hour or „The historyofmankind“ in 2 hours Time Aspects

  4. What this presentation is • A shortsummaryofsomeexperienceswith different approachestothesubject • Not a descriptionofscientificortheoreticalmodels (Hofstede….) • A recipeforhowto do itsuccessfullyandthoroughly

  5. interculturalcommunication Assimilation: Traditional immigrantsocieties: ideaofthe „meltingpot“ Integration: Ideaofthe „salad bowl“, „unity in diversity“. 3. Transculturalism: Global nomads live an interculturallifestyle Resultofimmigration

  6. Interculturalcommunication Counterdevelopments Identification Localisation Tribalisation Patriotism, Nationalism, Chauvinism ?

  7. Interculturalcommunication First Steps Increaseteachers‘ awareness Methodstosupportstudents‘ abilitiestonoticeculturaldifferences, understandthecontextandactappropriately.

  8. Interculturalcommunication Procedures Orientation classes: 30 lessons, questionaire, multiple choiceexam Information byexperts: Lectures byjudges, doctors, policeofficers Refugeesworkingas„multipliers“intheirethniccommunity: Biculturalformerimmigrants „Leben in Deutschland“ as a separate/integratedpartofthecurriculum

  9. Interculturalcommunication Integrating „Life in Germany“ intolessons Every topicincludesinformationaboutliving in Germany Studentslearn German culturethroughlanguagelearning Cultural habitsare discussedtoun- covermisconceptions andpreventconflicts. 4. Teachers must be flexible andcooperative.

  10. Thankyouforyourattention

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