The international classroom is presumably a far more effective learning environment for the acquisition of intercultural competence when students receive adequate training to make the most of their intercultural encounters. This paper provides a summary of the intercultural training taught to first-year …

Presentation for Intercultural Communication master students of Wageningen University about the design of educational games for teaching about cultural differences.

An exploration of the conditions that foster intercultural competence development during a 6 month study abroad episode of 140 business studies students.

The experiences with intercultural competence training at the Hanze International Business School Groningen may serve as a blueprint for augmenting professional intercultural behaviour at the SME work floor. The set-up of the training is based on current intercultural communication theory and models, …

Intercultural competence development. IBT Workshop (1).

Intercultural competence development. IBT Workshop (2).

In this visual report we present the inter-cultural dialogue between Academy Bezalel in Jerusalem and Academy Minerva in Groningen. From thuesday 16 November 18 o'clock and 17 november 12 o'clock a group of design students of these academy's were connected through all kind of digital tools and devices. …

This paper introduces the Analysis Framework of Face Interaction (AFFI) which is developed based on a new face dimension termed Face Confirmation − Face Confrontation at two levels: Individual level within the group and Collective level between groups. This proposed framework of face analysis reveals …

Research poster: Preparing graduates for an international & intercultural workplace.

AFS Interculture Canada is a nonprofit organization that operates on a non-governmental basis. It is the Canadian branch of AFS Intercultural Programs. It enables adolescents to go on foreign student exchanges in order to develop intercultural awareness and skills. During a briefing in January of 2014, …