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Every profession has its own vocabulary and every professional would like to use (to communicate rapidly and effectively – orally or in writing) these specialised terms in the language that he/she uses (be it his/her mother tongue or a second…

Distance learning has become a type of learning which is increasingly preferred by students both in bachelor and master programs at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, mainly due to economic reasons which force young people to…

Raising intercultural communicative competence has gained a central place in many considerations and discussions in the globalized world. The present paper therefore examines and analyses approaches to achieving intercultural competence proposed…

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate specifically designed teaching tools for linguistics courses at the university level. These tools are a part of research whose aim is to investigate the positive effects of the higher order cognitive functions…

The use of gender-neutral language instead of gender-biased one is rapidly becoming important in the business and academic world. In fact, gender-neutral words such as “human being”, “person” and “chairperson” are commonly used as generic meanings in…

Development of intercultural communicative competence, as an understanding of what culture comprises, positive attitudes toward cultural diversity, and competent use of different communicative skills, represents an integral, if not the most important…

The aim of the present article is to show how to organize, from the structural and didactic point of view, the study of a foreign language (FL), in this case the Italian language at some different private, university and school institutions where…

There has been much discussion of strategies and programs designed to assist international students in different countries. However, little attention has been given to improving their preparation in the country of origin. Responsibility for the…

Many children are now relatively proficient in general English by the time they reach secondary school and need something more than simple revision of what they have already learnt. Teaching other subjects through English provides a better…

Political correctness is a term that describes language or behavior used when we do not want to offend someone, or to be insensitive to the feelings of another person or a group of people. The language may refer to someone’s religion, race,…