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Intercultural awareness
Intercultural awareness
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Intercultural awareness activity
Here three differents activities, if you just want to discover, read all of them and choose one that you might be interested.
Step 1: Intercultural Speed Dating realities
A structured peer-exchange realities activity for intercultural awareness training
1. Overview
This activity uses a speed-dating format to enable you to explore intercultural dynamics through structured, time-limited.It places you in direct conversation with peers from different cultures, using concrete situations to surface communication styles, assumptions, and cultural frameworks.
Through this activity, you will be able to learn to:
- Identify communication blockers linked to cultural differences
- Understand how different backgrounds shape professional assumptions and work styles
— Build empathy through direct, structured peer dialogue
— Create a common vocabulary around intercultural dynamics within the team
2 - Rules of the Activity:
Join in peers or If you're alone take a time to reflect the situation but it's better to be two to do this activity.
At the end of each round, one side of each pair moves to the next station (e.g., always the participant on the right rotates clockwise). The other side stays in place. This creates a predictable, orderly rotation.
Each discussion round lasts 2 to 3 minutes. If you're only two you can keep the same peer.
You will have a series of short exchanges with peers from different cultural groups, based on real-life professional situations. Emphasise that there are no right or wrong answers the goal is to share perspectives, not to evaluate.
3 — Reflection questions
To conclude discuss your thoughts, feeling, discoveries.
What surprised you in the conversations you had?
Where did you notice the biggest differences in perspective?
Were there moments of misunderstanding? What caused them?
What assumption did you bring into the conversation that was challenged?
Step 2 Intercultural discussion
Try to form groups of 2 or 3 people (or get this opportunity to meditate te and discuss the situations.
1. What Is This Activity?
Participants are divided into international groups and rotate through a series of structured discussions in trios but you can manage with 2 or more people. Each round, they discuss a concrete professional situation using 2 to 3 guiding questions. The colour system ensures that no group contains two participants with the same colour meaning no two people from the same cultural background are placed together.
Through this activity, you will be able to learn to:
— Surface communication blockers linked to cultural differences
— Compare how different backgrounds shape professional assumptions
— Build empathy through direct, peer-to-peer dialogue
Each round
6 minutes per round.
At the end of each round, two participants per trio rotates to the next station. The other one stay in place, you can manage according to your numbers.
New situation and new questions, new reflection.
Debrief/reflection:
What surprised you in these conversations?
Where did you notice the biggest differences in perspective?
Was there a moment where you felt misunderstood or where you misunderstood someone else?
Step 3 : The Intercultural simulation cases
Overview
This workshop uses case simulation with expressing out loud thoughts to explore intercultural dynamics.
1 Read the case
2 Analyse the signs of recognition, discomfort, or frustration are good indicators of where the intercultural tension lies.
3 Express your thoughts and feelings out loud
4 Do the reflection using the DIVE Method
Participants choose one case’s situation and analyze it using DIVE method.
Choose the situation and use the DIVE method to reflect on the whole activity.
They will use DIVE by :
D - Describe
Observe the situation objectively
Focus only on facts that you see or hear, not opinions.
Example:
“During the meeting, Maria didn’t speak at all.”
I - Interpret
Think about possible explanations for the behavior
Avoid jumping to conclusions or stereotypes
Example:
“Maybe she didn’t feel comfortable speaking in a large group”
OR
“In her culture, people wait to be invited to speak”
V - Verify
Check if your interpretation is correct
Ask questions or seek clarification respectfully
Example:
“Maria, I noticed you were quiet in the meeting. Would you like more opportunities to share your ideas?”
E - Evaluate
Choose the most appropriate and respectful action
Example:
“I’ll make sure to invite input from everyone during discussions.”
Why the DIVE Method is Important as a reflection.
Prevents misunderstandings in multicultural teams
Encourages open-minded thinking
Reduces bias and stereotypes
Improves communication and collaboration.
Training of trainers course participants created this educational activity and resources to support trainers teamwork competence development. The Awero team organised the course.
This activity supports trainers’ competence development in the Cooperating successfully in teams area. Activity content and badge-issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for trainers working internationally. In particular:
- Contributing actively to team tasks
- Being willing to take on responsibility
- Encouraging and involving other team members
- Learning with and from others
- Being aware of the team processes and how they affect the team’s effectiveness
- Managing disagreements constructively
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The badge earner has developed awareness of intercultural differences in international teams and demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively across cultures. They can recognize diverse communication styles, adapt their behavior in multicultural situations, and apply structured reflection to improve collaboration.
Badge earners might be able to:
Identify and explain key intercultural differences in teamwork
Adapt communication styles in diverse cultural contexts
Respond to misunderstandings and conflicts
Use the DIVE method to analyze and resolve intercultural situations
Promote inclusive and effective collaboration in international teams
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: un organizator al activității
The earner needs to :
- Complete the intercultural activities and answer the debrief reflection questions
- Demonstrate understanding of key intercultural concepts (e.g., communication styles, hierarchy, time perception)
- Collaborate through scenarios with others to analyze real-life team situations
- Apply the DIVE method (Describe, Interpret, Verify, Evaluate) to reflect on intercultural challenges
- Contribute ideas on how to improve communication and teamwork in international environments.
Skills
ETS-TR
#Adopts appropriate behaviour that respects ethical boundaries within a given group of learners
Organizatori
Awero
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