Developing and evaluating intercultural competence: Ethnographies of intercultural encounters

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 707-718

  Holmes, Prue ^a   O'Neill, Gillian ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ethnography; Evaluation; Intercultural communication; Intercultural competence; Intercultural encounter; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865148206     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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