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32 - A Constructivist Approach to Assessing Intercultural Communication Competence

from Part V - Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2020

By
Milton J. Bennett
Edited by
Guido Rings  and
Sebastian Rasinger
Guido Rings
Affiliation:
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Sebastian Rasinger
Affiliation:
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
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Summary

Milton J. Bennett sets out by providing an overview of assessing intercultural communicative competence (ICC) through a constructivist lens. Bennett uses the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) as an example of how constructivist theory and methodology can be applied to assessing ICC.

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intercultural communicationintercultural competenceassessmentICCconstructivismDMIS
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication , pp. 521 - 535
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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