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Investigation of cultural competence development processes of English translation and interpretation department students

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The purpose of the present research is investigating cultural competence development processes of students studying at Selcuk University Department of English Translation and Interpretation. Data of the research were collected with English Translation and Interpretation Students’ Cultural Competence Development Processes Survey, developed by the researcher. The courses promoting cultural competence were identified based on the analysis of the collected data. Additionally, the present research studies whether students’ cultural competence development habits varied and how they formed these habits in terms of different demographic features.   

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