Kształtowanie kompetencji do komunikacji międzykulturowej w świetle regionalnych i rodzinnych wyjazdów migracyjnych

Abstract

Partial results of the research on intercultural communication competence were achieved in the North-East Poland, mainly in Podlasie region. The region was chosen deliberately because it was assumed that the rich, centuries-old migration traditions of its population may be the factor that builds competence to intercultural communication. The assumption was partly confirmed: if migration occurs in the biography of the family, the level of intercultural communication competence of young people is higher than in the situation when there is no migration experience in the family. Furthermore, if migration occurred in the family in the past, intercultural communication competence of young people is higher than in the case of young people from “nonmigration” families. Oral tradition passed by significant members of the family who were usually migrating in the past is more important than the actual migration trips of siblings or cousins. Therefore the role of “family memory” is high and much stronger than direct contact of young people with foreign countries.