USING A STUDY EXCURSION IN ENGLISH CLASSES TO FAVOUR THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION
USING A STUDY EXCURSION IN ENGLISH CLASSES TO FAVOUR THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION

Summary/Abstract: The society of Latvia has always been multicultural. People of different nationalities have lived and are still living there. However, the fact that a society is multicultural does not mean that there are not intercultural communication problems there. It means that a multicultural society nowadays could deal with conflicts and tension. Fortunately, in Latvia the relations among people of different nationalities are not ill - inclined and aggression is a rare thing there but it is also necessary to admit that society is divided into two communities – Latvians and Russian speaking people who belong not only to Russian nationality but also other nationalities - Ukrainians, Byelorussians, Polish etc. Such division of the society is also characteristic for schools, universities. Working as an English teacher at Riga Technical University the author has observed that English could be used as a means to unite Latvian and Russian speaking students. And one of the most effective teaching/ learning methods to favour the integration process of Russian speaking students could be a study excursion. Thus, the author of the article will try to explore a study excursion as a means improving communication and social integration in a group.

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