In the multicultural world one does not need to travel to experience the phenomenon of intercultural encounter. It can be an extremely enriching experience, but it requires certain skills. Teachers are the ones who can shape these skills of their students but at the same time they are the ones who should often master and use their intercultural skills every day working in multicultural classrooms.
These hands-on workshops empower teachers to develop and apply intercultural skills in multicultural classrooms, fostering effective communication across cultural lines. Participants will explore different strategies designed to meet the needs of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The course also introduces creative methods to spark students’ interest in foreign cultures, addressing a gap identified in some educational systems. Teachers will gain practical insights into integrating intercultural communication in their everyday teaching practices.
Magdalena Bąk
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2026: € 560 per person
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Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the principles of effective intercultural communication and its importance in educational process,
- Reflecting on the role of intercultural communication in the educational process and school community functioning,
- Acquiring practical strategies and methods for fostering multicultural classrooms,
- Engaging in collaborative activities to create a supportive and safe atmosphere for learning,
- Gaining practical skills to create teaching tools and materials to enhance students’ interest in other cultures and languages.
Benefits for Learners:
- Gain a deep understanding of effective intercultural communication,
- Recognize the importance of a safe and diverse learning environment,
- Explore an innovative and inspiring teaching methods,
- Develop strategies for seamlessly integrating intercultural skills into existing subjects.
The Course Content:
1. Intercultural communication: basic terms and definitions
Overview of the principles of intercultural communication, introducing basic terms (e.g. subjective vs. objective culture, high context cultures, low context cultures, rules, norms, values). Exploring the role of intercultural communication in educational process. How intercultural skills can support shaping competencies of the future.
2. Working in multicultural environment
Schools are often multicultural communities where students with different cultural and language background meet and cooperate. Building a feeling of community in which every student has the same opportunities and works according to the same rules and values is a key element of each class or lecture, however it may require certain didactic strategies to meet various expectation of students. Practical strategies that can be applied by teachers to integrate, activate and effectively communicate with students of diverse cultural and language background will be presented and practiced.
3. Stereotypes – how to make students aware of how they work
The most intensive learning takes place in childhood and that is the time when we learn most of the stereotypes. It might be impossible to avoid stereotypes, but as long as we realize how they work they are not really harmful. Some simple exercises can be introduce to the teaching practice to make students aware of this problem and help them avoid its negative consequences.
4. Creative ways of enhancing students’ interest in other cultures and languages
As the research shows in some of the countries (e.g. Poland) the elements of intercultural communication and expressing interest in other cultures are almost absent at all types of lessons (including foreign language ones). The workshop will present some creative methods (based on art and literature, but also using new technologies) of enhancing students interests in foreign cultures and languages – ready to be used not only during foreign language classes.
5. Reflections and wrap us session
Integrating elements of intercultural communication into everyday curriculum- strategies for seamless integration of intercultural communication concept across subjects.
Reflections on the program, evaluation.
Methodology & assessment
The course combines theory and practice through interactive workshops, group discussions, role-play scenarios, outdoor activities, and collaborative projects. Teaching modes include practical activities and reflective group exercises. Participants also work on curriculum integration projects and develop actionable plans for implementing intercultural communication in their classrooms.
Teaching and learning activities include:
- before the learning experience: carousel brainstorm, concept map, focused freewriting,
in a content/in a news, Knowing – Want to know – What have I learnt; - during the learning experience: question&answer, think-pair-share, group work,
pyramids, demonstration, microteaching, integrating seminar, independent work,
project, jigsaw; - after the learning experience: quiz, concept map, reflective diary, exit ticket.
Assessment is non-graded and focuses on participants’ engagement and reflection. Facilitators provide feedback on group activities, collaborative projects, and individual contributions. Self-assessment, peer assessment and co-assessment play important role in the evaluation
process. The course concludes with group reflection sessions, allowing participants to share insights, evaluate learning outcomes, and identify next steps for implementation of the intercultural communication in teaching.
Materials, digital tools & other learning recourses
The course utilizes a range of materials and digital tools, including printed guides, texts, andwork cards, as well as interactive resources for intercultural communication. Materials worked out under various international didactic projects will be used and presented during theclasses (their open-access online repositories form a rich reservoir of educational aids though need some guidance to be used effectively by all teachers in their everyday work).Educational technologies used during the course include presentation software, educationalapplications, mobile response systems. Participants receive a comprehensive packet of ready-to-use materials, online resources, and guidance for continued implementation of intercultural communication in teaching.
Certification details
- Certificate of Attendance in line with Erasmus quality standards
- Europass Mobility Document
- Learning Agreement
Language: English
Target audience ISCED:
- Primary education (ISCED 1)
- Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
- Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
Target audience type:
- Teacher
- Head Teacher / Principal
- Teacher Educator
Learning time: 35 hours / 7 days
Costs:
The 560 EUR fee covers the course tuition, issuing the required Erasmus+ documents, coffee breaks, and a guided tour.
We offer an optional cultural programme in order to provide you with opportunities to explore the wonders of the area. All the details including the destinations and the prices will be sent to the participants two months before the course starts.