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Hewiidf, M. (Milla). "Teachers’ reflections on cultural diversity and language awareness in English language teaching." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606162521.
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This paper examines how teachers interpret and implement in practice certain learning goals of English language teaching in the Finnish national curriculum for comprehensive education which was written in 2014, and which will be implemented starting in 2016. Data was collected by a group interview of two English teachers, which was recorded, transcribed and analyzed. The study concentrates on one of the five learning goals set for English language teaching in grades 7–9, called “Growth to cultural diversity and language awareness” and its three subgoals. It can be concluded that the teachers were familiar with the concepts of the goal, although they viewed language awareness to only concern macro-level comparison between different languages, not micro-level structures within languages. They had positive attitudes towards these concepts and they had creative ideas for carrying out some of the subgoals. The teachers trusted teaching materials to be in line with the national curriculum’s demands<br>Tämä tutkimus selvittää, miten opettajat tulkitsevat ja toteuttavat käytännössä tiettyjä englannin kielen opetuksen oppimistavoitteita Suomen perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelmien perusteista, joka on kirjoitettu vuonna 2014 ja joka tulee voimaan vuodesta 2016 eteenpäin. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin kahden englanninopettajan ryhmähaastattelulla, joka äänitettiin, litteroitiin ja analysoitiin. Tutkimus keskittyy yhteen viidestä luokkien 7–9 englannin opetukselle asetetuista tavoitteista nimeltä ”Kasvu kulttuuriseen moninaisuuteen ja kielitietoisuuteen” ja sen kolmeen alatavoitteeseen. Lopputuloksena on, että opettajat tunsivat opetussuunnitelman tavoitteen käsitteet, joskin he ajattelivat kielitietoisuuden liittyvän vain makrotason vertailuun eri kielten välillä, ei mikrotason rakenteisiin kielten sisällä. Heillä oli positiiviset asenteet näitä käsitteitä kohtaan, ja heillä oli luovia ideoita joidenkin alatavoitteiden toteuttamiseen. Opettajat luottivat opetusmateriaalien olevan valtakunnallisen opetussuunnitelman vaatimusten mukaisia
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Martin, Kylie. "Unity in diversity or diversity in unity? : an explorative study of the Javanese language and cultural influence within the Indonesian language, and its impact of the diversity of indigenous languages /." Title page, contents and preface only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm3811.pdf.
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Davidsson, Kajsa. "Language learning and motivation." Thesis, Konstfack, Industridesign, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-4048.
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In this essay I present the process, learnings and final results of my master project. The project focuses on the education Swedish for immigrants, SFI, and how design can play a role in improving the education to better meet the needs of the learners and become more of a step towards inclusion. I identify two learner groups; the experienced and the novice learner, with different needs and prerequisites. During the project I develop a focus towards the novice learner and the problem I call the vicious circle. By this term I refer to that too big gaps between the learners former knowledge/experiences and the education results in lost motivation and self-esteem and many learners giving up or getting stuck in the education. Throughout the project I use an iterative process, in three loops, where I involve the stakeholders in the development of my ideas through interviews, observations and colaborative workshops. My final proposal is a the learning service “Matprat”, which invites the learners as co-creators of the education and puts their experiences and knowledge in the centre of learning.
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Cole, Deborah L. "Performing 'unity in diversity' in Indonesian poetry: Voice, ideology, grammar, and change." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280597.
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The main insight of this dissertation is that we can commit to recognizing diversity by sounding others' voices with our voices. I argue that articulations of 'unity' using the familiar sounds of linguistic diversity enables ideological change in the practice of performing poetry in Bahasa Indonesia. Multiple types of data in Bahasa Indonesia are examined and presented to support this argument including newspaper articles, literature textbooks, personal interviews, conference papers, and recordings of poetry performances. In these data, we hear a variety of voices in Indonesia articulate two ideologies about the function of literature in society, which are: 'Literature develops the citizens'' and 'Literature enables unity in diversity'. We also hear various voices articulate an ideology about the proper form of performed poetry, which is: 'Proper reading (or sounding) of a poem results from deeply understanding another's heart'. Transcriptions and descriptions of poetry readings illustrate how these ideologies are realized in performance. I have called the complex interaction of these component ideologies 'Language Celebration in Bahasa Indonesia.' This dissertation makes several important contributions. This analysis brings together two separated approaches to language study (i.e., linguistic anthropology and formal linguistics) to show that both are needed to provide an account of an interaction between phonetics and ideologies. Further, this analysis articulates a theory of sound as one kind of physical (or material) aspect of language that can be exploited to produce ideological change. As a reflexive written document, this analysis examines differences between modes of linguistic production, specifically literary and scientific modes. Finally, by analyzing the structural differences between American and Indonesian language ideologies, I demonstrate why these two cultures differently value giving 'voice' to their internally diverse populations. Combining ethnographic description with formal modeling of language, as well as juxtaposing usually separated genres (like poetry and social theory) I hope to enable readers to arrive at empathetic trans-cultural understandings of Other values 'on their own'.
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Lee, Wonseok. "Diversity of K-Pop: A Focus on Race, Language, and Musical Genre." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1526067307402648.
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Fain, Jeanne G. "Children's dialogue about issues of language diversity and culture." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280471.
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This dissertation study examines urban and bilingual children's dialogue in the contexts of school and home. First and second graders talked about children's literature in literature circles throughout one academic school year. I was guided by the following main purpose in this qualitative classroom study: What issues of language diversity and culture do first and second grade students discuss in home and school contexts? Data sources connected to the children's dialogue in school included audiotapes, transcripts, response journals, and field notes. All families discussed the literature and three bilingual families consistently audiotaped their home discussions. The findings from this research demonstrate that working class bilingual children and their families do have the resources to construct rich literacy experiences through dialogue related to complex issues of language diversity and culture. Key issues that parents and children discovered to be relevant for discussion in the home and school contexts are: literacy, positionality within society, and resistance to structural inequality. Additionally, this study reveals how the home context ultimately scaffolds the child's native language by acting as a linguistically rich resource for the child. The child draws upon his or her linguistic resources from the home and has linguistic support as he/she enters the primarily English dialogue within small group literature circles in the schooling context. This study demonstrates the significance of drawing upon the home as a resource to support children in their native languages. Additionally, this study examines how one classroom uses children's native languages as a resource.
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Wang, Rayna. "Exemplary practices that affirm and promote cultural and linguistic diversity in head start classrooms." Thesis, Boston College, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107433.
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Thesis advisor: Mariela Paez<br>With the continued growth of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, it is necessary for teachers to be intentional about serving students whose backgrounds are assets but nonetheless different from the dominant culture and language in American society. Because most research on teaching practices has focused on the academic development of children in preschool, this study tries to fill a gap in the literature by examining teaching practices that respond to and affirm cultural diversity. After conducting interviews and observations in three Head Start classrooms, four core teacher beliefs (reciprocal relationships with family, importance of home language, social emotional emphasis, and inclusion of culture) were identified across the sites; these beliefs impacted how teachers created a multicultural space and tailored instruction for students. The findings contribute to the field by providing insight for how teachers can continue to foster inclusive classrooms that value and celebrate children’s unique identities<br>Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2017<br>Discipline: Departmental Honors<br>Discipline: Education
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Harris, Karen Patricia. "Speech-language pathologists' professional efficacy beliefs about assessing the language skills of bilingual/bicultural/bidialectal students." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001071.
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Hong, Huili, Karin Keith, Renee Rice Moran, and LaShay Jennings. "Listening to Teachers’ and Teacher Candidates’ Discounted Stories about Cultural and Linguistic Diversity." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/994.
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Munsch, Mathieu. "English as a Lingua Franca in Europe : How is Cultural Diversity Expressed in the Common Tongue?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-232456.
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This thesis argues against the claim of linguistic and cultural homogenization widely believed to be induced by the spread of English worldwide by looking at how native and non-native speakers alike re-appropriate the perceived model of 'Standard English' to fit the frames of their own culture and to express their own identity. The hypothesis that this thesis builds on is that the language each of us speaks reflects one's own individual background, the communities that one belongs to, and the identity that one wants to convey. As English is assimilated by the people of the world, their cultural diversity is re-expressed through the common language. By looking at the ways in which English is used in a multicultural setting and at the speakers' attitudes towards it, this paper makes a claim for an alternative to the current educational paradigm in refocusing English teaching on its potential for intercultural communication rather than on specific knowledge of Anglo-American cultures. In order to identify the cultural factors that are involved in the production of one's speech in English as a lingua franca situations, the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) – a collection of naturally occurring spoken interactions in English – will be used. Close attention will be paid to the communicative strategies that the participants use, to the way their identities are expressed in their speech, to instances of code-switching or to neologisms that they may use, and to the ways in which they accommodate each other whenever communication is not clear.
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Nawaz, Shazia. "English language teachers' perceptions of academic integrity and classroom behaviour of culturally diverse adult English Language Learners (ELLs) in Canada : a critical perspective." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/31176.
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The study is based in critical issues in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) as second or additional language and informed by Critical Pedagogy (CP), the study uses thematic discourse analysis through critical analysis techniques. The main focus of this research is to explore the extent of intercultural understanding and perceptions of the English Language Teachers (ELTs) towards students in their culturally heterogeneous ELT classrooms about certain academic behaviours, namely plagiarism (Academic Integrity) and learners’ classroom participation and relationship of these academic tasks to the cultural orientation of English Language Learners (ELLs) in ELT classrooms in the Canadian context. Participating ELTs teach adult students of color and ethnic diversity in different English language teaching situations and come both from across Canada, at the macro level (Stage 1-survey questionnaire), and from Nova Scotia, at the micro level (Stage 2-focus group discussions). The thesis also demonstrates factors that may contribute to Canadian ELTs’ perceptions about the issue of understanding non-white and racially non-main stream ELLs. The thesis aims at bringing attention to the need for a collaboratively developed Professional Development (PD) training component focused on intercultural understanding from a critical perspective, for the ELTs in the Canadian context. It is expected that the findings will gain some traction among the ELT community, especially in the Canadian context and will contribute to highlighting the importance of understanding of cultural differences and inclusion of this understating in the continuous professional development of English language teachers.
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Guttman, Anna Michal. "The politics of language and nation-building : the Nehruvian legacy and representations of cultural diversity in Sahgal, Rushdie and Seth." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414867.
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Costa, Crystal. "The influence of cultural diversity on civil society a comparative study of language variation and social stratifications in the developing world /." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2007. http://dspace.wrlc.org/handle/1961/4119.
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Grossman, Kelly Marie. "Negotiating the Non-Negotiable: Re-visioning Writing Center Approach to Cultural and Linguistic Diversity." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375279778.
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Campbell, Kelly Kathleen. "Film, French, and Foie Gras: Examining the French Cultural Exception." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1282014046.
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Nicholls, Tanja. "Emotion lexicon in the Sepedi, Xitsonga and Tshivenda language groups in South Africa : the impact of culture on emotion / T. Nicholls." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2141.
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Karem, Rachel W. "Comprehensive Assessment Practices for Multilingual Children: A Focus on Jamaican Preschoolers." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1613749097327192.
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McCrary, Robin Micah. "Toward a Cultural Competence in Creative Writing Pedagogies." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1578408835816055.
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Smith, Erika Marie. "Speech-Language Pathologists' Feelings and Attitudes Towards the Use of Apps in a School-Based Setting." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619097199345473.
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McLeod, Sharynne, Sarah Verdon, and Caroline Bowen. "International Aspirations for Speech-Language Pathologists’ Practice with Multilingual Children with Speech Sound Disorders: Development of a Position Paper." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1997.
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A major challenge for the speech-language pathology profession in many cultures is to address the mismatch between the “linguistic homogeneity of the speech-language pathology profession and the linguistic diversity of its clientele” (Caesar & Kohler, 2007, p. 198). This paper outlines the development of the Multilingual Children with Speech Sound Disorders: Position Paper created to guide speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs’) facilitation of multilingual children's speech. An international expert panel was assembled comprising 57 researchers (SLPs, linguists, phoneticians, and speech scientists) with knowledge about multilingual children's speech, or children with speech sound disorders. Combined, they had worked in 33 countries and used 26 languages in professional practice. Fourteen panel members met for a one-day workshop to identify key points for inclusion in the position paper. Subsequently, 42 additional panel members participated online to contribute to drafts of the position paper. A thematic analysis was undertaken of the major areas of discussion using two data sources: (a) face-to-face workshop transcript (133 pages) and (b) online discussion artifacts (104 pages). Finally, a moderator with international expertise in working with children with speech sound disorders facilitated the incorporation of the panel's recommendations. The following themes were identified: definitions, scope, framework, evidence, challenges, practices, and consideration of a multilingual audience. The resulting position paper contains guidelines for providing services to multilingual children with speech sound disorders (http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/position-paper). The paper is structured using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Children and Youth Version (World Health Organization, 2007) and incorporates recommendations for (a) children and families, (b) SLPs’ assessment and intervention, (c) SLPs’ professional practice, and (d) SLPs’ collaboration with other professionals. Learning outcomes: Readers will 1. recognize that multilingual children with speech sound disorders have both similar and different needs to monolingual children when working with speech-language pathologists. 2. Describe the challenges for speech-language pathologists who work with multilingual children. 3. Recall the importance of cultural competence for speech-language pathologists. 4. Identify methods for international collaboration and consultation. 5. Recognize the importance of engaging with families and people within their local communities for supporting multilingual children in context.
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Zubovic, Sanja. "Eldens hemlighet : om att arbeta med skönlitteratur i andraspråksundervisning." Thesis, Södertörn University College, Lärarutbildningen, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-859.
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<p>The purpose of this essay is to investigate Swedish as a second language acquisition in a group of students with diverse culturul backgrounds. my intension is to find out if a dialogical posture in teaching with focus on the students earlier knowledge,experianses, thoughts and feelings, will contribute to a teaching enviroment where the students can express them selves and listen to each other. the teachers task is to help the students to explore their own thinking.</p><p>According to the theoretical base of the essay, sucessfull second language asquisition occours in a meaningsfull context through dialogue and interaction between students and teacher as well as between student and student.</p><p>I have used a qualitative method consisting in participating as a teacher in this group of second language learners during four lessons, observing, taking notes and writing diary. The teaching material used during the lessons was a book (fiction but based on a true story) and the dialogue in the group proceeded from the story we read together.</p>
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Hassan, Fawsiya. "Sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av språkbarriärer i vårdandet – En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-24194.
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Till följd av en ökad global migration har Sverige blivit ett mångkulturellt land där det talas många olika språk. Detta medför att sjuksköterskan möter patienter med språk, regler och normer som kan skilja sig från deras egna. Avsaknaden av ett gemensamt språk mellan sjuksköterskan och patienten försvårar sjuksköterskans dagliga arbete samt kan vara ett hinder att möta patientens behov. Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av språkbarriärer i vårdandet, med fokus på kommunikation och omvårdnad samt att beskriva hur sjuksköterskorna hanterar språkbarriärer. Metod en litteraturöversikt som var baserad på 15 vetenskapliga artiklar såväl kvalitativa, kvantitativa som mixmethod. Resultatet visade att det fanns frustration, osäkerhet samt oro hos sjuksköterskorna vid vård av patienter då ett gemensamt språk saknades. Studien visade tre huvudteman: samt tio subteman som hade betydelse för hur språkbarriär påverkar sjuksköterskans arbete och vården. Slutsats Komplexiteten och utmaningen med att vårda patienter som inte kan värdlandets språk och den påverkan det har på vården och sjuksköterskans dagliga arbete tydliggjordes. Kommunikation är en förutsättning för att patienten kan vara delaktig med sin egen vård och möjliggör att kommunicera om sina behov.<br>As a result of increased global migration, Sweden has become a multicultural country where it is spoken in many different languages. This means that healthcare professionals such a nurses encounter patients with language, rules and standards which may differ from their own. The lack of a common language between the nurse and the patient complicates the nurse's daily work and can be a barrier to meet the patient's needs. Aim: The aim was to describe nurses' experiences of language barriers, with a focus on communication and care and to describe how nurses deal with language barriers. Method: The study is a literature review based on 15 scientific articles which consists of qualitative, quantitative and a mix method of the two. Results The results showed that the nurses' experience frustration, and anxiety due to uncertainty when caring for patients when a common language was missing. The study revealed three main themes: and ten subthemes that are important to how the language barrier affects the nursing profession and health care. Conclusion: The results has shown the complexity and challenge faced when caring for patients who cannot speak host language and the impact it has on patients health care and nurse's daily work. Communication is a prerequisite for the patient so that they can be involved in their own care and also enables to communicate their needs.
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Smith-Price, Julie. "Why Do They Talk That Way?: Teachers' Perceptions of the Language Young Students Bring into the Classroom." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/916.
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The language children bring to the classroom (home language) is often different from the language that is expected or accepted in schools. These language differences are often met with a variety of reactions from teachers. The purpose of this research is threefold: (a) to apply a narrative inquiry design to explore how teachers respond to the language that children bring (home language) to the early childhood classroom and the effects this response has on their work with children; (b) to engage in research efforts that will explore how differences in language may affect or be affected by pedagogy, curriculum development, and teachers' expectations; (c) to understand how teachers feel about their preparation and capacity to address the issue of language diversity. The 4 participants in this study are either current or former teachers of children between the ages of 4 to 8 years. Through the use of narrative inquiry, I have acquired stories from each of the 4 participants. The stories provide insight into these teachers' perceptions of children's language in the classroom. The stories also open discussions on language diversity and the role it plays in early childhood education classrooms as well as how prepared teachers are to deal with language differences. With this study I hope to contribute to the research that focuses on language and language diversity in early childhood education. I would also hope to prompt further research on issues such as teachers' approaches to children's language differences within the classroom, the affects of different approaches to language diversity on pedagogy and curriculum, and finally on culturally sensitive pedagogy.
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Nkulu, Kalengayi Faustine. "A world on the move : challenges and opportunities for hiv/aids and tuberculosis care and prevention among vulnerable migrant populations in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-67636.
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Background: Migration is a global phenomenon that characterize today’s globalized world. Although, the relationship between migration and health in the host countries is not always negative, many countries, including Sweden are concerned about possible spread of infectious diseases of public health significance such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). Moreover, apart from disease profiles, migrants also have different socio-cultural backgrounds, which may challenge health care access and provision. Objectives: To investigate, identify, and delineate potential challenges of relevance in the care and prevention of communicable diseases of public health significance in general and particularly HIV/AIDS and TB among migrants from countries where these infections are endemic, and eventually generate knowledge that could inform policies and practice. Methods: Data for this thesis were collected in four of the five counties of the Northern region in Sweden. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used including a survey of 268 migrant students in two language schools (I & II); an interview study with 10 care providers caring for patients with migrant backgrounds and observations of care encounters (III) and an interview study with 15 care providers experienced in screening migrants (IV). Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were used to summarize survey data whereas a thematic analysis approach was applied to the qualitative data within the interpretive description framework. Results: The students scored on average low on both HIV/AIDS and TB knowledge and displayed misconceptions and negative attitudes towards the two diseases and infected/sick persons. Knowledge level and attitude could be predicted by prior knowledge, years of previous education and geographic origin. In contrast, no association was found between being screened and the level of TB knowledge or attitude towards TB and infected/sick persons. However, fear of being deported appeared to be the main predictor of reluctance to seek HIV/AIDS care after controlling for socio-demographic factors, knowledge level, stigmatizing attitudes and fear of disclosure. Health care providers described complex and intertwined challenges that influenced both care delivery and receipt. The challenges described included language, the socio-cultural diversity within migrant groups and between migrants and the caregivers. These often resulted in divergent perceptions and expectations about care and caring. The participants highlighted the complexities of caring for diverse patients within different institutions with conflicting policies and frameworks. They also described the difficulties the migrants face in navigating the Swedish care system. Conclusions: This thesis illuminates complex challenges in the care of migrants. The findings emphasize the need for multilevel strategies in order to remove identified barriers. This requires accommodating diversity by improving care providers’ cultural competence and migrants’ health literacy. It further requires policies and practices that emphasize health services responsiveness in order to provide equal access and equitable care. Finally, it entails revisiting existing policies and legislative frameworks to promote a change in ways of thinking about and approaching migration, HIV/AIDS and TB issues, to address the specific vulnerabilities of mobile populations in a world on the move.
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Price, Gaylene. "Scaffolding teacher learning : examining teacher practice and the professional development process of teachers with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners : a dissertation submitted to the College of Education, University of Canterbury at Christchurch in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Master of Teaching and Learning EDTL 904, University of Canterbury /." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2682.
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Teachers work in complex and demanding times with an increasing number of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CLD) in classrooms. These students are over represented in statistics of under achievement.
All teachers are teachers of academic language, and while no child is born with school language as a first language, for some students the match between home and school is more closely aligned than for other students. Teachers are expected to be culturally responsive, ensuring the languages and culture of students is visible in the classroom environment and the classroom curriculum.
Despite the increasing knowledge about the specific strategies and approaches that will most effectively support CLD students in classrooms, the teaching of CLD students within mainstream contexts remains far from ideal. Teachers need support to access the principles of effective teaching of CLD learners that are available, and importantly to transfer the knowledge into classroom practice.
Professional development and learning is linked to improved teacher practice and student learning outcomes. When teachers have opportunities to be engaged in successful elements of in-depth professional learning such as in-class modelling, observation and feedback, and co-construction of teaching and planning they are able to demonstrate improved pedagogical content knowledge. Their beliefs may also need to be challenged.
The study was conducted in two schools in a large city in New Zealand where I am employed as an ESOL and literacy adviser. Using an action research method I was able to examine how a professional development and learning process shaped my own knowledge and practice as well as teacher knowledge and practice.
The study fills a research space to gain insights into the effective professional learning processes that impact on teacher strategies and approaches with their CLD learners A central tenet of this research is that teachers can improve their practice of teaching CLD students and they can specifically learn strategies and approaches that are considered effective for them.
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Alsalmo, Abdallah. "La sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel en droit international." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR40007.
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Le patrimoine culturel ne s’arrête pas aux monuments et aux collections d’objets. Il comprend également les traditions ou les expressions vivantes héritées de nos ancêtres et transmises à nos descendants ; ce qu’on appelle le patrimoine culturel immatériel. L’importance de ce patrimoine ne réside pas tant dans la manifestation culturelle elle-même que dans la richesse des connaissances et du savoir-faire qu’il transmet d’une génération à une autre. Cette transmission du savoir a une valeur sociale, économique, culturelle et juridique pertinente pour les groupes minoritaires et majoritaires et pour le monde entier. Le choix des techniques de protection internationale est directement lié aux objectifs poursuivis par l’UNESCO. Au-delà du texte de la Convention de 2003 et d’autres instruments internationaux adoptés par l’UNESCO, il peut être utile d’aborder plus largement les solutions juridiques de sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel. L'objet de notre étude consiste à analyser l’action normative en matière de patrimoine culturel immatériel en mettant la lumière sur sa définition, les normes internationales relatives à sa protection, ainsi que sur la question de l’effectivité et de l’efficacité internationale de la sauvegarde de ce patrimoine. Pour conclure, les résultats de l’action normative et d’effectivité n’échappent pas à notre analyse. Il s’agit d’évoquer enfin la possibilité de mettre en place une feuille de route pour une meilleure protection à l’avenir<br>Cultural heritage doesn't only include monuments and the collection of objects. /cultural heritage is about more than monuments or the collection of objects. It, also, includes the traditions or the modern inherited expressions from our ancestors and transmitted to our descendants, what we call the intangible cultural heritage. The importance of this heritage doesn't reside so much in the cultural demonstration itself, but in the richness of knowledge, and the know-hows that are transmitted from one generation to another. This transmission of knowledge has social value, economical, cultural and legal relevance for minority groups, as well as for the main social groups, and is also, important for the world. The choice of the techniques used for international protection is linked directly to the objectives pursued by the UNESCO. Beyond the text of the 2003 convention and other international agreements adopted by the UNESCO, it can perhaps be useful to tackle more widely the legal solutions of the intangible cultural heritage. The aim of our study consists of analysing the normative action concerning the intangible cultural heritage in placing the light on the definition of the intangible cultural heritage as well as the international standards important to its protection and also in tackling the question of effectivity and efficiency of the international protection of this heritage. In conclusion, the results for the normative action and effectivity do not escape our analysis. It is, in the end about the possibility of putting in place a plan for the protection of a better future
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Andersson, Johan. "The Shhimo of 1890 and 1934 - Uniformity or diversity?" Thesis, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm, Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-1333.
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The ܫܚܝܡܐ Shhimo is the prayer book for normal weekdays of the Syrian Orthodox Church and it was officially printed for the first time in Dayro d-Kurkmo (Dayr Al-Zafaran) in 1890 with a printing press that Patriarch Ignatius Peter IV (+ 1894) had received in 1874 thanks to his visit to London and the Anglican Church. Prior to 1890 Shhimo was a diverse tradition expressed with different manuscripts in different monasteries showing a diverse use of different prayers and costumes. The second printing of Shhimo in 1913 and re-printing 1934, by the late Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ephrem I Barsoum (+ 1957), was a reworked version of 1890 that included several important changes. This thesis will investigate what these changes were and what implications they carry for the understanding of Shhimo and for the Syrian Orthodox Church. In this paper we will also start to investigate the transmission process of the Shhimo and study some of the manuscripts prior to 1890.
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Norberg, Madeleine, and Stella Söderbäck. "Hur kommunikationen påverkas av språkbarriärer hos patienter inom slutenvården : en litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-31786.
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Bakgrund: I samband med ökad globalisering och kulturell mångfald i slutenvården riskerar patientsäkerheten att hotas till följd av den bristande kommunikations- och informationsöverföringen. Detta kan leda till utmaningar i vårdprocessen som påverkar den personcentrerade vården på grund av språkbarriärer. Syfte: Att beskriva hur patienter och vården påverkas av språkbarriärer inom slutenvården. Metod: Litteraturstudie baserad på 18 vetenskapliga artiklar som publicerats mellan år 2014– 2019. Sökningarna har skett via databaserna Google scholar, CINAHL och PubMed. Resultat: Resultatet bygger på patientens och vårdpersonalens upplevelse av kulturell förståelse, påverkan på patienten och kommunikativa strategier. Språkbarriärerna inom hälsooch sjukvården påverkar vårdpersonal, patient och anhöriga genom att god vård på lika villkor inte uppfylls och kan leda till ökat lidande för patient och en ökad risk för vårdskada. Slutsats: Vårdpersonal och patienter är medvetna om att språkbarriärer påverkar vården för patienten negativt genom ökat lidande och risk för vårdskada och vårdskada. Kroppsspråk och gester används för att kommunicera och för att kunna ge personcentrerad vård.<br>Background: With the increased globalization and cultural diversity within inpatient care the patient safety is threatened because of communication and information difficulties. As a result of language barriers between health-care professionals and patients Aim: To describe how patients and the healthcare are affected by language barriers within inpatient care, and how healthcare staff are affected in their work by communicative language barriers. Method: A literature review based on 18 articles, published between 2014 - 2019. A literature search was made in databases as Google scholar, CINAHL and PubMed. Results: The results are based on patients and healthcare staff experiences of cultural diversity, effects on the patient and communicative strategies. Language barriers in healthcare affects, healthcare staff, patients and their relatives by not provide good care on equal terms. This can lead to increased suffering and an increased risk for healthcare injuries. Conclusion: healthcare staff and patients are aware that language barriers affect the care for patients negatively by increasing suffering and risk for healthcare injuries. Body language and gestures are used to communicate by healthcare staff to provide person-cantered care.
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Brun, Eric. "Sur l'évolution altéritaire-ethnocentriste en classe de cycle 2 dans le cadre d’un projet d'Éveil aux langues-cultures du monde : une analyse comparative longitudinale à travers l’expression orale." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM3037/document.
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Cette thèse vise à comprendre l'évolution des attitudes à l'égard de la différence chez les enfants de cycle 2 et de leurs enseignants - à travers leur expression orale - avant et au cours de l'apprentissage d'une langue vivante à l'école. La recherche longitudinale a commencé en maternelle grande section (rentrée scolaire 2012-2013) auprès de six groupes-classes de trois écoles situées dans la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur pour un effectif total de 155 élèves et de 6 enseignantes. L'étude s'est poursuivie l'année suivante en cours préparatoire (2013-2014) auprès des mêmes groupes-classes puis s'est achevée l'année suivante à mi-parcours du cours élémentaire 1 (2014-2015) auprès d'un effectif final de 112 enfants. Les attitudes et l'expression orale des enfants et de leurs enseignantes ont été observées ponctuellement à chaque rentrée scolaire pour les enfants et continuellement pour les deux acteurs tout au long de l'année à travers la mise en place d'un projet nommée "Éveil aux Langues-Cultures du Monde" (EALCM) inspiré du Cadre de Référence pour les Approches Plurielles des Langues et des Cultures (Michel Candelier et al., 2012). La recherche analyse par conséquent l'évolution de la disposition attitudinale des enfants et de leurs enseignantes à l'égard de l'Autre sur la période triennale en prenant appui essentiellement sur les interactions verbales qui se sont nouées entre eux en classe<br>This dissertation aims to understand the evolution of attitudes regarding the concept of difference among Cycle 2 children and their teachers - through their oral expression - before and throughout the learning process of a foreign language at school. The longitudinal study started in 2012-13 in three kindergarten schools located in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur comprehending a total of 155 students and 6 teachers. The study continued the following years (2013-14 and 2014-15) with the same groups in the 1st and 2nd grades of Elementary school with a total of 112 students. The attitudes and the oral expression of the students and of their teachers were observed in the beginning of each school year through a project here named "Éveil aux Langues-Cultures du Monde" (EALCM) inspired by the FREPA A Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches to Languages and Cultures (Michel Candelier et al., 2012). The research analyses the evolution of the attitudinal disposition of the children and their teachers during a triennial period essentially considering their verbal interactions in the classroom
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Rochebois, Christianne. "La diversité culturelle dans les méthodes de FLE utilisées au Brésil : enquête auprès des étudiants de l’Université Fédérale de Viçosa." Thesis, Paris 3, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA030020.
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Cette étude relève de la didactique des langues-cultures. Elle s’appuie sur une problématique constitutive de notre moment historique-social, la cohabitation avec un autre beaucoup plus proche de soi, et la reconnaissance de son égalité. Ce travail de recherche n’est qu’une approche dans un temps et un lieu spécifique : il se situe au Brésil, a pour toile de fond une société très diversifiée dans tous les sens et se soutient sur le processus d’enseignement-apprentissage du FLE d’un public étudiant d’une université publique au Minas Gerais. Parmi les différents vecteurs dont dispose l’apprenant pour construire des représentations sur l’étranger et les autres cultures, nous avons voulu vérifier la participation des manuels utilisés en salle de classe comme matériel de base de connaissance et reconnaissance de la langue-culture francophone, et nous avons posé les questions de recherche suivantes : - Les méthodes de FLE, vont-elles dans les sens de la construction d’une compétence pluriculturelle ? - La réalité française exposée dans le contenu de ces méthodes montre une France ouverte à d’autres cultures ? - L’espace représenté est de même, le plus souvent, celui de l’Hexagone. Qu’en est-il des pays francophones, qu’en est-il des pays où la langue est utilisée pour des raisons historiques, culturelles ou économiques ? Nous proposons une analyse du rôle des acteurs du processus d’enseignement-apprentissage d’une langue étrangère, et nous présentons les méthodes de FLE retenues pour ce travail, notamment en ce qui concerne le contenu culturel des manuels, divisé en deux catégories : la diversité des espaces et lieux et la diversité sociale. Pour mener bien à cette étude, nous avons conduit des enquêtes par questionnaires afin de mettre en évidence le contenu des représentations des apprenants utilisateurs des manuels choisis<br>This dissertation highlights the didactics of languages-cultures. It is based on a constitutive problem of our socio-historical moment: living together with an Other a lot closer to Oneself, and recognizing this Other as an Equal. This research work is not but an approach in a specific time and place: it is located in Brazil; it has as a backcloth a society very diversified in all senses, and it has as a scope the process of teaching-learning French as a Foreign Language related to college students in a public university in Minas Gerais state. Among the various vectors that the learner deploys in order to build representations of foreign countries and other cultures, we have chosen to verify the role of the textbooks used in the classroom as basic material to acquire knowledge of the foreign language and recognition of the francophone culture. The research questions we have posed in this regard were the following: - Do the textbooks of French as a Foreign Language go in the direction of building multicultural competence? - Does the French reality exposed in the contents of these textbooks depict France as a country open to other cultures? - Since the space represented is, most of the time, just the Hexagon, what about the francophone countries, where the language is used for historical, cultural or economic reasons? We propose an analysis of the role the actors play in the process of teaching-learning a foreign language. We thus present the textbooks highlighted for this work, notably regarding the cultural contents they encompass, divided into two categories: the diversity of spaces and places, and the social diversity. To render this study feasible, we have conducted surveys using questionnaires, so that we could reveal the content of the representations of the learners using the chosen textbooks
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Berty, Romuald. "Les discours de la f(F)rancophonie au XXIe siècle : enjeux culturels, idéologiques et politiques." Thesis, Paris 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA030062.
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Cette thèse porte sur les discours de et sur la francophonie au XXIe siècle, à un moment où l´argumentaire de la Francophonie officielle reposant sur le modèle républicain français et les valeurs qui lui sont associées est contraint de se renouveler, dans un contexte de tiraillement des identités culturelles entre la mondialisation et l´ethnicisation. Nous proposons de désigner par l´expression : f(F)rancophonie, le tissage de liens problématiques, contradictoires et source de violence symbolique, entre la francophonie, en tant qu´ensemble de locuteurs, et la Francophonie institutionnelle. Les discours de la f(F)rancophonie révèlent l´existence d´une manipulation politique de la langue et de la culture s´appuyant sur différents modèles idéologiques de société. L´approche pluridisciplinaire de notre étude permet de mettre au jour, notamment grâce aux outils théoriques de l´analyse du discours et de la pensée postcoloniale, l´alimentation problématique de l´impérialisme culturel à l´œuvre dans la construction de la politique d´influence française (soft power). En effet, le dispositif institutionnel franco–centré offre une force pragmatique à la stratégie discursive de la Francophonie et à sa rhétorique de lutte, de rayonnement et d´universalisme contre l´anti–modèle anglo–américain. Le nouveau paradigme de la diversité culturelle peine parfois à masquer la conception d´une langue française porteuse de l´universalisation d´une culture et d´une identité nationale. L´observation de la langue et de la littérature au prisme des institutions permet d´éclairer les discours de la f(F)rancophonie littéraire dans lesquels l´écrivain francophone semble souvent contraint de composer avec l´héritage colonial d´une langue française auréolée de prestige. Enfin, notre analyse de la théorie et des études littéraires francophones interroge les postures d´écrivains face à l´interrelation du centre français et de ses périphéries<br>The doctoral thesis carried out is based on francophonie discourse in the XXIth century, both from and about francophonie. This is a period in which official Francophonie arguments are based on the French republican model, as well as the values associated with it, which is obliged to renew itself within the present context whereby cultural identities are torn between globalisation and ethnicisation. For the purposes of the present research the term f(F)rancophonie shall be defined as the weaving of problematic and contradictory links, which are sources of symbolic violence, between francophonie, in terms of speakers as a whole, and institutional Francophonie. f(F)rancophonie discourse reveals the existence of political manipulation of language and culture through different ideological models of society. The multidisciplinary approach of the present investigation has enabled the updating of the problematical extension of cultural imperialism at work in the construction of French influence policy (soft power), notably thanks to discourse analysis and postcolonial thought theoretical tools. Indeed the francocentered institutional system provides pragmatic power to the Francophonie discursive strategy and to its rhetoric of struggle, influence and universalism against the anglo-american anti-model. At times the new cultural diversity paradigm struggles to conceal the conception of a French language which is the bearer of universalisation of one single cultural and national identity. The comment of language and literature through institutions sheds light on literary f(F)rancophonie discourse within which the francophone writer often appears obliged to compose with the colonial heritage of the French language which is haloed with prestige. Lastly the present analysis of francophone literary theories and studies examines the positions of writers in view of the interrelation between the French center and its peripheries
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Yusufu, Ally Kassim. ""L'éveil aux langues" pour la construction d'une société plurilingue et solidaire : le cas de l'archipel de Zanzibar." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0608.
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L’« Éveil aux langues » consiste à amener les élèves à observer plusieurs langues simultanément dans une même activité et à comparer leur fonctionnement. Les projets Evlang et Janua Linguarum menés dans le contexte européen ont mis en évidence, notamment, les impacts positifs de cette approche sur le développement des représentations et attitudes positives d’ouverture à la diversité culturelle. Même s'il existe de nombreuses difficultés que « l'Éveil aux langues » peut rencontrer dans un contexte non européen et fortement multilingue, sa contribution prospective dans la construction d’une société solidaire implique la nécessité de le contextualiser et de l'adapter. C’est le cas à Zanzibar où la diversité culturelle entraîne tensions et divisions sociales. L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier une contribution au développement de la cohésion sociale et de la coexistence pacifique de diverses communautés se fondant sur une sensibilisation linguistique. L'expérience de cette approche auprès d’élèves d’une école primaire publique à Zanzibar mis en œuvre entre 2015 et 2018 a révélé sa faisabilité dans ce contexte non européen et fortement multilingue<br>"Awakening to Languages" involves making students observe several languages simultaneously in the same activity and compare their ways of functioning. The Evlang and Janua Linguarum projects in the European context have highlighted, among others, the positive impacts of this approach in developing positive representations and attitudes towards openness to cultural diversity. Although there are many difficulties that “Awakening to Languages” may encounter in a non-European and highly multilingual context, its prospective contribution in the construction of a united society implies the need to contextualize and adapt it to Zanzibar where cultural diversity leads to social tensions and divisions. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to use the language domain to try to offer a contribution to the development of social cohesion and peaceful coexistence. The experiment of this approach with the students of a public primary school in Zanzibar conducted between 2015 and 2018 revealed some social impacts of this approach and the likelihood of its practicability in this non-European context and highly multilingual
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Du, Toit Christine. "Die identifisering van faktore wat die onderrig en leer van Afrikaans as tweede addisionele taal beïnvloed / Christine du Toit." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/837.
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The current political dispensation in South Africa has, as was the case in the past,
undoubtedly had a major influence on the language patterns of the country. The 1996
Constitution now provides official recognition of the main indigenous languages. Despite
this entrenchment, there is evidence that English is seen as the vehicle to the future.
This study focuses on the factors that may influence the learning and teaching of
Afrikaans as a second additional language in black schools in the Potchefstroom district.
In order to achieve this task, a triangulation approach was used. A literature study was
done to provide prior information to understanding the current language situation.
Interviews were conducted with the respondents as well as the teachers of Afrikaans
and the classes were observed and recorded. Questionnaires followed which were
completed by the learners as well as their teachers.
The objectives of the empirical study were to determine which factors might influence the
teaching and learning of Afrikaans as an additional language for both the learners and
the teachers, as well as to determine what the implications of such findings for the
teaching and learning of Afrikaans as an additional language are.
The findings of this study confirm the influence of several factors (socio-political, socio
cultural and individual) on Afrikaans. The results indicated that there is a positive attitude
towards Afrikaans and that the learners are eager to learn Afrikaans. What is clear, is
that it is imperative to take note of these factors to guide the learners towards self
regulated study, especially Afrikaans as an additional language. The results also
revealed that the education of the teachers need to be addressed to prevent irrevocable
damage to Afrikaans and to the relationships between the diverse cultures in our
country.<br>Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.
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Reis, Ana Adelaide Lopes Cascais. "Língua gestual portuguesa e diversidade linguística no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17255.
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Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico<br>O presente Relatório de Estágio apresenta o desenvolvimento de um projeto de intervenção desenvolvido numa escola do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (CEB) do distrito de Aveiro.
Este estudo, elaborado a partir de um projeto de intervenção com uma turma do 1.º numa escola do 1º CEB de um agrupamento de escolas do distrito, teve como principal objetivo sensibilizar para a língua gestual portuguesa através da literatura para a infância. Desta forma pretendeu-se dar resposta à seguinte questão para reflexão educativa: de que forma a sensibilização à língua gestual portuguesa, através da literatura para a infância, pode educar para a diversidade linguística?
Neste sentido, concebeu-se e desenvolveu-se um projeto de intervenção didática intitulado “A língua gestual vai à escola”, comportando três sessões individuais e uma sessão conjunta com as colegas de estágio. Cada uma das sessões pretendeu sensibilizar para a língua gestual portuguesa com o intuito de os alunos conhecerem alguns gestos comunicativos e ficarem sensibilizados para a diferença do outro.
O projeto desenvolvido assenta numa metodologia de caráter qualitativo, com características de investigação-ação, pelo que os métodos e instrumentos de recolha de dados a que recorremos foram a observação direta e participante, a fotografia, a vídeo gravação, o inquérito por questionário e as fichas de registos das sessões pelos alunos. A análise de conteúdo foi o método escolhido para analisar os dados recolhidos.
Os resultados obtidos permitem-nos concluir que os alunos encararam e realizaram as atividades de forma positiva, demonstrando bastante interesse e curiosidade. A abordagem à língua gestual levou as crianças a desenvolverem atitudes positivas face ao outro e à diferença, ajudando a formar cidadãos mais conscientes da diversidade que os rodeia. Este projeto permitiu-nos ainda concluir que educar para a diversidade linguística desde os primeiros anos de escolaridade é crucial na medida em que permite dar a conhecer o mundo, as línguas, as culturas e, sobretudo, desenvolver atitudes de respeito e valorização pelas línguas e pela diferença.<br>This Internship report introduce the development of an intervention project developed in a school of the 1st cycle of basic education (CEB) in the Aveiro district.
The study was elaborate from an intervention project with collaboration with a class from 1st in a school of 1.º CEB from a group of schools in Aveiro district, the main objective is raise awareness of Portuguese sign language through literature for children. It was possible to find the answer to this research question: How we could raise awareness of Portuguese sign language thought literature to childhood, can educate to cultural diversity?
In this sense, it was conceived and developed a didactic intervention project with this title: “sign language go to school” containing three individual sessions and one with internship colleagues. Each session intended to raise awareness of Portuguese sign language, with the objective to let the students know some communicative gestures and also be aware of how different it is to others.
The developed project is based in qualitative character methodology, with characteristics of an action- research, so the methods and the data gathering tools that we used were the direct and participant observation, photography, video recording, questionnaire survey and records of the sessions by the students. The content analysis was the chosen method for analyzing the collect data.
The results allow us to conclude that the students realize and did activities positively, demonstrating a great interest and curiosity. The approach to sign language took to the children to develop positive attitudes towards each other and the difference, by making citizens more aware of the diversity that surrounds them. This project allows us to conclude that educate for the language diversity since the first years of school is very important because it allow to know more the world, the languages, the cultures, and most important of all, develop of respect attitudes and appreciation for languages and diversity.
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Armiliato, Tales Giovani. "A comunicação no rádio e a preservação de uma identidade linguística regional : o talian." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2010. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/525.
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A pesquisa sobre a função do rádio na preservação de uma língua teve por objetivo descobrir os motivos pelos quais milhares de pessoas sintonizam programas radiofônicos transmitidos em talian na Região da Serra Gaúcha. Para isso, levantaram-se dados relativos ao Programa Cancioníssima da Rádio São Francisco SAT de Caxias do Sul. Transmitido em talian, ele permanece na grade de programação da emissora desde 1984. Analisou-se, através de um questionário aplicado a 28 ouvintes, os principais pontos de audiência e aceitação do programa radiofônico que apresenta histórias, contos e músicas em talian. Buscou-se, ainda, a contextualização do talian em dois momentos: o primeiro, o das origens do talian e, o segundo, o dos atos de revitalização da língua registrados a partir das comemorações do Centenário da Imigração Italiana no Rio Grande do Sul. Verificou-se que o rádio tem importante contribuição diretamente ligada à preservação do talian na região da serra, principalmente como suporte de políticas de salvaguarda dessa língua, além de auxiliar como instrumento de resgate das tradições e costumes deixados pelos primeiros imigrantes que chegaram à região da serra gaúcha no final do século XIX.<br>Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-02T19:20:55Z
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Dissertacao Tales Giovani Armiliato.pdf: 5378007 bytes, checksum: 0813ac31453cf43dee698ecaed267f25 (MD5)<br>The aim of this research on radio´s role in preserving a language is to discover why thousands of people still sintonize radio programmes transmitted in talian dialect in the Region of Serra Gaúcha, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Data related to the radio programme called Cancioníssima San Francisco SAT from the city of Caxias do Sul was collected. This programme has been transmitted in talian since 1984 and discloses stories, tales and songs in this dialect. An oral interview was applied to 28 listeners in order to analyze the main points of audience and its acceptance. The project shows two different contextualizations which are: the origins of talian dialect and the acts of language revitalization registered after the celebration of the Centenary of the Italian Immigration in Rio Grande do Sul. The radio has an important contribution directly linked to the preservation of talian in the Region of Serra Gaúcha, mainly as a support to safeguard policies and as an instrument of redemption of the traditions and customs left by the first immigrants who came to the Region of Serra Gaúcha in the late 19th century.
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El, Madani Ilham. "Le marché universitaire des langues au Maroc : usages et représentations sociolinguistiques." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON30010.
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Cette thèse présente une étude des représentations et des attitudes linguistiques des étudiants envers les langues répandues à l’université marocaine. Nous nous sommes intéressée à leur rapport avec leur langue d’origine et les langues étrangères, à savoir le français et l’anglais. Les résultats révèlent que ces jeunes ont une attitude très favorable envers les langues étrangères. Notre étude vise également à examiner la valeur économique des langues ainsi que les facteurs qui déterminent l’emploi des compétences linguistiques dans les entreprises. Les résultats montrent queces dernières privilégient les langues étrangères et le multilinguisme en général pour les échanges dans leur société. Elles escomptent de leurs employés une parfaite connaissance des langues étrangères. Cette étude traite également du contact et du conflit des langues et on prend comme cas l’université marocaine, nous somme intéressée à savoir s’il existe un contact ou conflit entre les langues répandues dans l’université marocaine. Notre étude pose enfin un regard sur l’interculturel, nous voulons savoir ce qui se passe lors d’une interaction entre des locuteurs appartenant, au moinspartiellement, à des communautés culturelles différentes même s’ils parlent la même langue<br>This thesis presents a study of the representations and attitudes of students towards languages studied in Moroccan university. It focuses on their relationship to their language of origin and foreign languages, namely French and English, and to cultural diversity. Our study also aims at examining the economic value of the languages as well as the factors which determine the use of language skills in companies. The results reveal that these students have an attitude too favorable towards foreign languages. The results reveal that these last ones privilege the foreign languages and the multilingualism in general for the exchanges in their company. They esteem from their employees a perfect knowledge of the foreign languages. This study also treats the contact and the conflict of the languages and we take as case the Moroccan university, we are interested to know if there is a contact or a conflict between the languages spread in the Moroccan university. Our study also puts a glance on the intercultural; we want to know what happens during an interaction between speakers belonging, at least partially, to different cultural communities even if they speak in the same language
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Kinney, Angela. "An Investigation into the Funds of Knowledge of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse U.S. Elementary Students' Households." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1393235629.
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Ribeiro, Sara Raquel Maia. "Representações sobre a língua portuguesa em crianças do 1º CEB." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16947.
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Mestrado em Ensino do 1º e 2º Ciclo do Ensino Básico<br>Nos últimos tempos, as escolas portuguesas têm acolhido alunos provenientes de várias partes do mundo, sendo necessário sensibilizar toda a comunidade educativa, sobretudo, alunos, corpo docente e não docente para a diversidade linguística e cultural presente nos nossos dias. Para tal, é fundamental que os educadores e professores estejam atentos a esta realidade, de forma a promover uma integração saudável e positiva.
A realização do presente trabalho de investigação tem como principal objetivo conhecer as representações de um grupo de alunos do 2.º ano do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (CEB), de uma escola de Aveiro, no ano letivo 2012/2013, acerca da Língua Portuguesa e dos falantes de alguns países lusófonos, em particular: Portugal, Brasil, Guiné-Bissau, Angola e São Tomé e Príncipe.
O enquadramento teórico do estudo está dividido em três capítulos. No primeiro apresentamos uma breve definição do conceito de Lusofonia, bem como uma breve resenha histórica dos fluxos migratórios em Portugal; o segundo capítulo incide sobre alguns conceitos importantes em Didática das Línguas; o terceiro e último capítulo refere-se às Representações Socias, sendo destacada a sua importância no estudo das representações a respeito das línguas.
Por sua vez, o enquadramento metodológico e estudo empírico também se encontra dividido em três capítulos. O primeiro incide sobre as opções metodológicas do estudo. Em relação à natureza da pesquisa, optámos pela abordagem qualitativa, mais precisamente, por um tipo de estudo descritivo, visto que a presente investigação privilegia a análise e interpretação de enunciados escritos e representações gráficas. Como instrumento de recolha de dados recorremos, sobretudo, a fichas de monitorização e ao desenho. Por seu turno, o segundo capítulo sustenta a análise dos resultados e, no terceiro, apresentamos a reflexão final do estudo.
Os resultados da investigação demonstram que estas crianças do 2.º ano de escolaridade apresentam representações, essencialmente, de natureza positiva em relação à Língua Portuguesa e aos seus falantes, destacando o Brasil e os brasileiros.<br>Lately, Portuguese schools have received students from several parts of the world, thus being necessary to sensitize the entire educational community, mostly students, teaching and non-teaching staff to the linguistic and cultural diversity, more and more present in our days. To that purpose, it is fundamental that educators and teachers are aware of this reality, in order to promote a healthy and positive integration.
The execution of the current investigation work has as main aim to know the representations of a group of students of the 2nd grade in primary school, from a school in Aveiro, in the school year of 2012/2013, about the Portuguese language and the speakers of some lusophone countries, in particular Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe.
The theoretical framework of the study is divided into three chapters. In the first one, we present a brief definition of the concept of Lusofonia (Lusophony), as well as a short historical review of the immigration fluxes in Portugal; the second chapter focuses on some important concepts in Language Didactic; the third and last chapter refers to Social Representations, being enhanced its importance in the study of representations in what languages are concerned.
On the other hand, the methodological framework is also divided into three chapters. The first one focuses on the methodological options of the study. Concerning the nature of the research, we have chosen the qualitative approach, more precisely, a descriptive type of study, considering that the present investigation favours the analysis and the interpretation of written statements and graphical representations. As an instrument of data collection we have resorted, especially, to monitoring worksheets and to drawing, the second chapter supports the result analysis, and in the third chapter we present the final study reflection.
The results of the investigation show that these children of the 2nd grade present representations, essentially, of a positive nature in what language and Portuguese language speakers are concerned, putting emphasis on Brazil and the Brazilians.
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Medina, Grecia. "How to Get a Job in Book Publishing." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2701.
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There are many different doorways into the world of book publishing and it can be challenging, but there are choices that can make it easier. Aspiring publishers often have a hard time breaking into this world because they have no guide. This thesis will be a guide to traversing the different avenues into the world of publishing. Prospective publishers, editors, and writers will be provided with a landscape of what it’s like to work in book publishing. It will also cover the two different ways that people become publishers, an overview of the basic requirements that publishing houses look for in potential employees, and the basic process of what publishers do.
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Jonsson, Anneli, and Dhakshayene Holmgren. "Cultural diversity in organizations : A study on the view and management on cultural diversity." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-74452.
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Cultural diversity is a subject that has been getting growing attention not just internationally but also in Sweden in the 21st century. The globalization of economies and the migration has dramatically increased opportunities while also affecting organizations in a manner that it requires it to be more open and accommodative towards a heterogeneous working environment. Unfortunately many companies do not see the advantages that cultural diversity could bring and how a well managed cultural diversity could essentially achieve competitive edge in the market. Therefore there is little to be found regarding how organizations today view and manage a culturally diverse workforce, especially in a Swedish working environment. The lack of this typeof research in a Swedish context creates a possible research gap and leads to this study ininvestigating the organizations in Västerbotten and their view and management of cultural diversity. Thus the research question: How do Swedish organizations view and manage cultural diversity? In order to gain insights to this question, previous research has been investigated and some main theories have been selected. Through this it has been found that cultural diversity is a complex subject that can bring both positive and negative effects to an organization. These are in turn affecting how cultural diversity is viewed by that organization. Furthermore, this view affects how cultural diversity is managed, and the management in turn affects the result this concept brings to the company. This in turn has been represented in a theoretical model representing the relationship between these concepts. The main theory that is used throughout thenstudy and in analyzing the empirical data is Adler’s approaches to answer the research question. This study takes view of interpretivism and constructionism as its philosophical stance. This has led to the choice of conducting a qualitative research approach with mixed method that is a combination of both the deductive and inductive way of collecting data. The research is conducted through multiple case study design with semi structured interviews as the way of gaining empirical data. These interviews have been conducted on seven organizations within Västerbotten that represents different types of industries within this region. As it is shown in this study the cultural diversity is viewed in a positive way and managed to achieve synergy within the organizations in Västerbotten. The firms believe that in order to develop and gain competitive advantage, they need to accommodate cultural diversity and create an atmosphere that is open and flexible. Still most of the firms lack the holistic view as they fail to articulate diversity at the strategic level and consequently in all dimensions of the organization.In addition the study has also identified different influential factors of cultural diversity, such as the geographical location, organizational culture, cultural diversity leading to cultural diversity, customers’ diversity and managers’ perspectives affects the existence of cultural diversity within an organization. These findings have been presented in the developed analytical model in the conclusion.
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Freville, C. Benjamin. "Pastoral care and cultural diversity." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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ANJORIN, RASHIDAT, and AVNI JANSARI. "MANAGING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AT WORKPLACE." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40190.
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Abstract: Background: Cultural diversity within a workplace is increasingly becoming important as more organisations are embracing it within the global workforce. Some of its effect have been linked to performance outcomes according to past reviews and as a result, there are more suggestions on the need to study how various organisations manage their cultural diversity. Universities as an organisation has also blended in the internationalisation practice through human resources and diverse employees to form a part of the economic globalisation. Purpose: The purpose if this paper is to examine how cultural diversity is managed in a Swedish university, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS). Also, further investigation is on the employee’s perception of how the practices and policies of cultural diversity is being delivered by the management at the university. Method: An exploratory research is conducted for this paper and the empirical findings is gathered through a qualitative research. The primary research is retrieved by semi-constructed interviews. The human resource department and teachers from different backgrounds and countries were interviewed to find out how the teachers perception of cultural diversity management at their workplace based on how the practices and policies were delivered to them. Findings: Based on the interviews it was found that the cultural diversity management as a topic is well understood by both the management and the employees. However, the study revealed that the employees do not perceive it in the same manner it was being delivered to them by the management. The issues and practices connected to managing cultural diversity is not entirely provided by the management within the work environment. It essential that the management provide for more effectively communicated structure.
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Wang, Jianfen. "An Ecology of Literacy: A Context-based Inter-disciplinary Curriculum for Chinese as a Foreign Language." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461251633.
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Boulanger, Charlotte, and Laura Pazzaglia. "Leading Cultural Diversity: Strategies & Skills." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-26278.
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Today’s business world is facing a continual increase of globalization that opened the borders of nations. Organizations see in multicultural teams and cultural diversity a way to respond to this phenomenon. Cultural diversity in multicultural teams is a new challenge for leaders. Indeed, they need to develop new strategies and skills to include individuals coming from different cultures in order to ensure the proper functioning of the team and achieve effectiveness. The purpose of our thesis – labeled “Leading Cultural Diversity: Strategies and Skills” – is to find out, through interviews and conversations with actual leaders, which strategies and skills are necessary in global organizations. The findings might be applied in other fields where cultural diversity plays an important role.
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Barton, Bill 1948. "Ethnomathematics: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Mathematics." Thesis, University of Auckland, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/2332.
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This thesis provides a new conceptualisation of ethnomathematics which avoids some of the difficulties which emerge in the literature. In particular, work has been started on a philosophic basis for the field. There is no consistent view of ethnomathematics in the literature. The relationship with mathematics itself has been ignored, and the philosophical and theoretical background is missing. The literature also reveals the ethnocentricity implied by ethnomathematics as a field of study based in a culture which has mathematics as a knowledge category. Two strategies to over come this problem are identified: universalising the referent of ‘mathematics’ so that it is the same as “knowledge-making”; or using methodological techniques to minimise it. The position of ethnomathematics in relationship to anthropology, sociology, history, and politics is characterised on a matrix. A place for ethnomathematics is found close the anthropology of mathematics, but the aim of anthropology is to better understand culture in general, while ethnomathematics aims to better understand mathematics. Anthropology, however, contributes its well-established methodologies for overcoming ethnocentricity. The search for a philosophical base finds a Wittgensteinian orientation which enables culturally based ‘systems of meaning’ to gain credibility in mathematics. A definition is proposed for ethnomathematics as the study of mathematical practices within context. Four types of ethnomathematical activity are identified: descriptive, archaeological, mathematising, and analytical activity. The definition also gives rise to a categorisation of ethnomathematical work along three dimensions: the closeness to conventional mathematics; the historical time; and the type of host culture. The mechanisms of interaction between mathematical practices are identified, and the imperialistic growth of mathematics is explained. Particular features of ethnomathematical theory are brought out in a four examples. By admitting the legitimacy of other viewpoints, ethnomathematics opens mathematics to new creative forces. Within education, ethnomathematics provides new choices, and turns cultural conflict into a useful tool for teaching. Mathematical activity exists in a variety of contexts. Learning mathematics involves being aware of, and integrating, diverse concepts. Ethnomathematics expands mathematical horizons, so that cultural diversity becomes a richer contributor to the cultural structures which humans use to understand their world.
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Taylor, Sam Lorraine. "The liberal state and cultural diversity." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285366.
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Moss, Catherine. "Understanding Students' Perceptions of Cultural Diversity." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5106.
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Diversity is a positive aspect of a student's educational experience. Current literature supports the value of diversity, confirming that skills are developed within a diverse learning environment that prepares students to thrive in a competitive global economy. The leadership at University X (UX) had implemented various initiatives to improve diversity, yet the problem addressed in this study was that students perceived differently, citing that diversity growth lacked progress. The goal of this single case study was to bring forth change with a specific intervention created to elevate diversity and a positive campus climate. Maslow's hierarchy of needs was used to explore the perceptions of 8 students regarding diversity progress at UX. Research questions focused on why students perceived little progress had been made toward diversity and how the culture could support diverse students. Face-to-face interviews yielded data analyzed through a descriptive approach, generating findings baring 2 central themes: communication and the existing cultural environment. The resulting project consists of a position paper proposing 2 bold strategies for infusing diversity and inclusion on the campus. Strategy 1 outlines a communication plan designed to facilitate review of UX's guiding documents, along with a regular, ongoing method for communicating to the campus. Strategy 2 proposes the implementation of a university wide cultural sensitivity training for campus membership to heighten cultural awareness. This project contributes to social change by raising knowledge and recognition of cultural diversity that will help perpetuate student persistence, intercultural competency, quality social interactions, a positive racial climate, and well-developed cognitive and leadership skills within the student body.
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Kokt, Desere, and Werner Vermeulen. "The team leader and cultural diversity." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/452.
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Published Article<br>In a diverse working environment such as the South African situation, it is imperative that issues surrounding cultural diversity, and its impact on employees should be examined. This article reflects on a study conducted in the South African security industry, as one of the few industries that utilise diverse work teams as part of their operational success. The rational for using work teams will be explained, with an emphasis on the team leaders. The model of Eales-White (1996: 26) was applied to the development of the team member questionnaire, and the subsequent results will be reported.
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Valenti, Eva. "La Sociolinguistique Postcoloniale en Amérique Hispanophone et en Afrique Francophone : Un Drame Linguistique en Deux Actes." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/57.
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This thesis analyzes the sociolinguistic situations in postcolonial Latin America and francophone North Africa (the Maghreb) through a comparative lens. Specifically, it examines the ways in which Spain and France’s differing colonial agendas and language ideologies affected the relationships between colonizer and colonized, and, by extension, the role that Spanish and French play(ed) in these regions after decolonization. Finally, it explores how Spain and France’s contemporary discourses frame colonial participation in the two languages’ development, and the psychological effects these ideologies have had on the formerly colonized.
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Ghairat, Noorullah, and Wenlu Lu. "Cultural diversity from perspective of individual employees : On which organizational level is cultural diversity advantageous for an organization." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95778.
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Economic globalization has greatly increased opportunities, but also requires the organizations to be more open and constantly try to create a new working environment. Organizations today are composed of people of different races, ages, languages, religions, and lifestyles. Organizational management's work tends to use a coordinated approach to bring people from different backgrounds together and maximize the ability and talent through multicultural teams. If managed properly, diversity can bring a competitive advantage to the organizations, but if poorly managed, workforce diversity can have negative outcomes. Due to the lack of research on which organizational level is cultural diversity advantageous for organizations to have, this study will focus on understanding cultural diversity and explore new perspectives about the experiences of different individuals in multicultural settings. This qualitative study takes social constructivism as a philosophical position. It has drawn conclusions by an inductive approach based on the empirical data which we have collected through the interviews and literature, where the focus was to construct meaning and interpret the data collected which came from the experiences of the participants.