RETRACTED: An examination of the effectiveness of virtual reality technology for intercultural competence development

M Akdere, K Acheson, Y Jiang - 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) technology as an innovative
learning platform in developing intercultural competence, including intercultural knowledge …

Virtual reality technology for workplace training: The case for developing cultural intelligence

J Philip, Y Jiang, M Akdere - International Journal of Cross …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Cultural intelligence (CQ) is becoming increasingly important in today's globally
interconnected business world, where employees from various national cultures work …

Intercultural competence–A key competence for higher education

FL Matei - Journal of Education, Society & Multiculturalism, 2022 - sciendo.com
Intercultural competence is an increasingly debated subject, at least in foreign specialized
literature, not in the national one, especially in the context of university education where …

The implementation of industrial training in tertiary education in Malaysia: Objectives, realisations and outputs in the case of foreign language students

R Machart - International Review of Education, 2017 - Springer
The large range of jobs that Malaysian undergraduates of foreign languages are often
employed in after completion of their studies (education, tourism, banking, business …

In pursuit of intercultural competence: Exploring self-awareness of EFL pupils in a lower-secondary school in Norway

A Khanukaeva - 2020 - uis.brage.unit.no
This paper focuses on self-awareness as an integral component of intercultural competence
(IC) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context. For the purposes of this study, an …

International students' disconnecting from and reconnecting with diverse communities: fluidity of the self in sojourns abroad

R Machart - International student connectedness and identity …, 2017 - Springer
If language, or more precisely discourse, is a way to preserve, cross or subvert existing
boundaries (Fought C, Language and ethnicity: key topics in sociolinguistics. Cambridge …

Virtual reality technology for developing intercultural leadership competence: a research proposal

M Akdere, K Acheson-Clair - … Proceedings of Social …, 2021 - europeanproceedings.com
Increased globalization requires employees to develop not just technical competencies in
their specific disciplines but also intercultural leadership competence, which includes a …

Deconstructing Cultural Stereotypes to Improve International Students' Interculturality: A Short-term Experimental Approach in a Malaysian Pre-France Programme

R Machart, A Azzouz - International Journal of Bias, Identity and …, 2016 - igi-global.com
Abstract Malaysian Pre-France programmes prepare Malaysian students to study at a
French university. Students are prepared in intensive language courses, as well as …

Encouraging the diversity of graduate students in technology

AM Lucietto, HA McNally - 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diversity in technology programs is as confounding to technology programs as it is to any
other STEM fields. Some believe that strengthening the basic skill sets of students in math [1] …

Special Issue on Intercultural Competence…

F Dervin, R Machart - igi-global.com
Volume 1,• 2• July-December 2016 that a Chinese scholar was using uncritically a 'model'of
Intercultural competence which has spread like a virus in global research. The scholar had …