Cultural diversity requires communication across cultures

Thursday, 23 March 2017 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm

March 18 to 26 March 2017 was Cultural Diversity Week in the state of  Victoria. Chrissie Warren, Education Volunteer Co-ordinator at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, talks about teaching English for refugees and communication across cultures. 

Education for international students is a Australia's second biggest export earner. Sophie Arkoudis, Associate Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at Melbourne University explains how univesities need work harder to address diverse cultural codes of communication in teaching and learning settings.