Developing intercultural trainin

Target audience and objectives

Developing intercultural training skills is a five-day train the trainer course, which has been held regularly at LTS in Bath and at locations abroad since January 2005. It is designed for experienced trainers from fields such as language training, communication skills training and management training, who wish to learn more about the theory and practice of intercultural training, both to integrate intercultural topics into their current training and also to deliver their own intercultural training courses. By the end of the course, participants will:

have a good understanding of the key conceptual frameworks of the intercultural field
be able to define how cultural values influence attitude and behaviour
be aware of how culture forms an integral part of international communication
be able to incorporate intercultural elements into their own areas of training
be familiar with the main types of intercultural training
be able to design different types of intercultural training courses
be familiar with training techniques, activities and materials for intercultural training
know how to use different tools to evaluate the success of intercultural training

All participants who complete the course successfully will receive the LTS Certificate in Intercultural training.

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Location

The courses will take place at the LTS training centre in Bath, UK. We can also run a similar or tailored version of this course on an in-house basis worldwide. Contact us for details. Recent in-house courses have been run for trainers at Air France and Audi Akademie in Germany, for facilitators from the SkyTeam airline alliance from France, the US, Italy and Mexico, for trainers at KEY AB in Sweden and for teachers at The British Council in Rome.

Price

£560 or €840 + VAT @ 17.5 per cent. This price includes all course materials but not accommodation. This can be arranged in guest houses, hotels or with British host families from £40/ €60 per night.

Note:

Trainers involved in adult education in most European countries can apply for Grundtvig in-service training grants under the EU Lifelong Learning Programme.

Facilitators

Adrian Pilbeam, Philip O’Connor

Both have long experience as senior training consultants with LTS in Bath, and have run intercultural training and trainer training sessions in many parts of the world.

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