Promoting Intercultural Awareness of Teachers

With the growth of Irish teachers seeking employment in an Arabic Gulf context, new challenges are arising especially in relation to intercultural issues for both Irish and Arabic colleagues to collaborate successfully. Like expatriates in other professions, EFL teachers need to overcome these differences if they are to adapt successfully to this context. This Ph.D. research study incorporates a mixed method approach. The anticipated findings can help inform teacher education programmes and has a wider application to the intercultural training of other professional groups, trade links, and Ireland's multicultural society.

Michelle Daly, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick, delivers their 'Thesis in 3' presentation on "Promoting Intercultural Awareness of Teachers"

About Thesis in Three:
18 finalists were selected from Faculty heats that were held with students from University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College and Limerick Institute of Technology who are members of the Federated Limerick Graduate School (FLGS). These Masters and Doctoral research students are challenged to present their research in three minutes, using 3 slides, to a non-specialist audience. Entrants must refine their niche subjects and in-depth research into bite-sized presentations that will engage and inform their fellow students, the wider UL community and the general public.

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