Foreign language learning and the development of global competence in different cultures.
With the progress of globalization, global competence (GC) is becoming crucially important for the younger generation. Many researchers have suggested that foreign language learning might be conducive to GC. To confirm the universality of previous findings, we conducted two studies using a sample of...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol. 101 |
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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Jul2024
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