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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects
Independent Seminar Unit: Intercultural Training
Introduction and Close
Method: “Warm up” and Approach to the Topic; Final
Conclusion
Goals/Options:
Raising awareness for cultural differences within the exchange programme.
Brief description:
At the start of the training each participant is requested to list the cultural differences,
which he/she noticed during the course of the exchange. This can be achieved with the use
of facilitation cards or by making lists while participants call out their suggestions. The
listed items are held back until the end of the seminar.
At the end of the seminar, participants are again requested to list more differences. Due
to the exercises, which aim at increasing the perception of intercultural differences, the
list can usually be extended by several points. This shows the participants that first impressions
of major similarities are often misleading. Participants are frequently unaware
that they are exposed to “intercultural clangers”. However, these can only be avoided, if
the perception is sharpened regarding these differences, enabling the participants to react
appropriately.
To be determined beforehand:
The translators are requested to write down and visualise the mentioned key points in the
corresponding language.
Starting point: At the beginning and at the close of the intercultural training as an
independent seminar unit.
Timeframe: Optional
Group size: 5 – 20
Necessary materials:
Facilitation cards, felt pens, adhesive tape, pin board or flip chart
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