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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND LINGUISTIC UPGRADE IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

This handbook has been developed in the scope of the Erasmus+ KA2 project INCLUDE (Intercultural Communication and Linguistic Upgrade in a Digital Environment). The project was set in the context of the global onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought immense changes to the manner people communicate and engage in professional activities. Language and intercultural communication (LIC) teachers at higher education institutions teach courses that heavily depend on communication and they have had to invest more time and effort into transforming their teaching methods and materials into ones that are applicable in online teaching. At the same time, LIC teachers are the ones who have to prepare their students for real-life communication in a virtual setting as well as to enable them to acquire the Global Competence. The main objective of the INCLUDE project was to boost students' employability on a global scale by ensuring an inclusive, progressive, high- quality language and communication course in a range of languages (English, Croatian, Portuguese, Greek) at higher education institutions across Europe and wider. The project was operated by an international project team from three partner institutions and it included 30 students from all partner universities, as well as a solid base of industrial partners as associated partners. The project has especially aimed at involving students with fewer opportunities and on boosting students' ability to participate in high-quality virtual exchange. The project has resulted in a research paper based on which this handbook has been developed and made available in four languages as an open educational resource accompanied by animated videos produced by the students who participated in the course piloting sessions and a detailed course curriculum that may easily be implemented, fully or partially, at any higher education institution. The handbook may be used and adapted within an existing course or a completely new course, as well as for self-study purposes.

communication skills, English for specific purposes, intercultural aspects in education, distance learning

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