Intercultural competence/Buddy Programme

Contact hours: 2

CPs: 5

Length of the course: 2 semesters

Target group: all students interested in French culture and in spending time with exchange students from France, especially those students who are planning their own semester abroad in France.

Content and objectives of the course: At the beginning of the first semester, each participant in the programme is assigned as a partner (“buddy”) to a French student. As a buddy, you will help to make things easier for these foreign students while they are studying at the UAS and living in Kiel. All buddies and Erasmus students organize their own meetings (approx. once a week throughout the year to exchange experience, have joint discussions and assist each other. These regular meetings will help participants not only to learn about French culture, but also provide them with an opportunity to practice their French and have fun together.

In the second semester, the Buddy Programme is supplemented by a block seminar on Intercultural Competence (ICC). During this seminar, the participants will acquire a basic knowledge of ICC. Together with the French students, they will form teams in which they develop and/or implement an intercultural project.