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Le strategie comunicative interculturali

Author : Luciano Mariani
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471769976
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Le strategie comunicative interculturali written by Luciano Mariani and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Che cosa si può fare quando non si conosce il termine esatto per indicare qualcuno o qualcosa? Come si inizia e si conclude una conversazione? Come ci si può far aiutare ad esprimersi e a comprendere quello che viene detto? Come si possono gestire le incomprensioni e i malintesi, specialmente tra culture diverse? Questa competenza strategica deve poter essere sviluppata nell'ambito di un'educazione linguistica plurilingue e multiculturale, integrata, perché correla esplicitamente i vari apprendimenti linguistici formali e informali, e trasversale al curricolo. Questo volume offre una cinquantina di attività, giochi e compiti, per i quali, oltre a dettagliate indicazioni per l'insegnante, vengono forniti tutti i materiali. Si rivolge a corsi curricolari di italiano L1 e di lingue straniere, corsi di italiano per stranieri, e tutti i contesti plurilingui e multiculturali, in cui l'italiano e ogni altra lingua siano presenti, sia pure a livelli anche molto differenziati.

Intercultural Communication. New Perspectives from ELF

Author : Enrico Grazzi
Publisher : Roma TrE-Press
ISBN 13 : 889752463X
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (975 download)

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Book Synopsis Intercultural Communication. New Perspectives from ELF by : Enrico Grazzi

Download or read book Intercultural Communication. New Perspectives from ELF written by Enrico Grazzi and published by Roma TrE-Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La comunicazione interculturale è il filo rosso che attraversa quasi tutti i contributi di questo volume. Negli ultimi venti anni tale nozione è stata esplorata e, più recentemente, rivisitata in una prospettiva ELF in diverse aree di ricerca come, ad esempio, la comunicazione strategica d’affari, la consapevolezza interculturale, l’insegnamento delle lingue, la formazione docenti, i discorsi socioculturali, così come gli stessi studi interculturali. Scopo di questo libro è fornire ai lettori una selezione di articoli recenti e stimolanti, nonché contribuire alla fiorente crescita di pubblicazioni su ELF. Il libro è diviso in tre parti, che coprono tre temi principali: 1) ELF, insegnamento delle lingue e la formazione dei docenti; 2) La comunicazione in contesti migratori e plurilingui; atteggiamenti e interazioni; 3) ELF nel mondo degli affari e in quello universitario. Il volume contiene ventiquattro capitoli scritti da studiosi e ricercatori che hanno partecipato al Convegno Internazionale ELF6, svoltosi a Roma presso l’Università Roma Tre nel 2013. I contributi si fondano sulle presentazioni da loro fatte in occasione di tale convegno.

Intercultural Crisis Communication

Author : Christophe Declercq
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350097063
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Intercultural Crisis Communication written by Christophe Declercq and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intercultural Crisis Communication poses pertinent questions and provides powerful responses to crises that have characterised the modern world since 2010. Language mediation in situations of disaster, emergency and conflict is an under-developed area of scholarship in Translation Studies. This book responds to a clear need for research drawn from practical experiences in the field and explores the crucial role of translation, interpretation and mediation in contexts of crises. Particular consideration is given to situations where rare or minority languages represent a substantial obstacle to humanitarian operations. Contemporary case studies from the USA, Africa, Europe, and Armenia provide major examples of crisis communication that call for more efficient language mediation. Such examples include Syrian displacement, the refugee crisis in Croatia and Italy, international terrorism and national public administration, interpreting in conflict and for Médecins sans Frontières, as well as the integration of refugee doctors for employment in the UK. With contributions from experts in the field, this volume is of international relevance and provides a multifaceted overview of intercultural communication issues and remedies during crises.

Languages in Migratory Settings

Author : Alison Phipps
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317432398
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Languages in Migratory Settings written by Alison Phipps and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on migration has often focused on push and pull factors; and on the mobilities which drive migration. What has often received less attention, and what this book recognises, is the importance of the creative activities which occur when strangers meet and settle for long periods of time in new places. Contributions consider case studies in Italy, Kyrgyzstan, France, Portugal and Australia, as well as taking a careful look at the Commonwealth City of Glasgow. They explore the making and use of literature (for adults and children) of art installations; translation processes in immigration law; education materials; and intercultural understanding. The research reveals the extent to which migration takes a place, and takes different forms, as life is made anew out of intercultural encounters which have a geographical specificity. This shift in focus allows a different lens to be placed on languages, intercultural communication and the activities of migration, and enables the settings themselves to come under scrutiny. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication.

Intercultural Competence in Organizations

Author : Alex Matveev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319457012
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Intercultural Competence in Organizations written by Alex Matveev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses one of the most critical issues facing global business leaders and the multicultural workforce – how to work and relate effectively in the intercultural contexts. The author presents business professionals, practitioners and academics with the Collaborative Intercultural Competence Model. Based on solid theoretical assumptions and real intercultural experiences, this model is to help professionals work more effectively across and within cultures. This book expands the traditional presentation of existing knowledge by providing a unified discussion of intercultural communication and its conceptual foundations. The book offers readers with a contemporary insight into the intercultural competence phenomenon and highlights the basis for its experience-based inquiry, assessment and development. A distinctive feature of Intercultural Competence in Organizations is its comprehensive coverage of the intercultural competence framework from both communication and organizational behavior perspectives. This book does not cover traditional areas of international business, international management, global management strategy and policy and cross-cultural comparative management, but focuses on theoretical foundations of intercultural competence and intercultural competence research and practice. The author describes the complex nature of intercultural competence in a straightforward format which helps professionals, practitioners and students to envision a variety of intercultural situations in which they may behave competently. Thus, the conceptual acumen of this title is to understand the premises of intercultural competence, embrace its theoretical assumptions, see its practical applicability, and advance individual intercultural competence. Featuring examples and skill development exercises, this book will be appealing to professionals, practitioners, students, academics and policy makers in the field of international business, management and communication. “Dr. Matveev challenges his readers to develop their intercultural competence so as to make themselves more effective, more humane and more socially skilled in a world that increasingly involves extensive contact across various groups of people.” --from the Foreword by Richard W. Brislin, University of Hawaii “Dr. Matveev creates an awareness of intercultural competence by exposing the reader to the theoretical concepts and practical tools. Business people and academics will use this book to recognize and leverage the benefits of cultural diversity.” --Berthold Mukuahima, Director of Human Capital, Ohlthaver & List Group, Namibia “Dr. Matveev reveals how intercultural competence of professional multicultural teams helps in achieving corporate competitive advantage and longevity in a challenging globalized world. This book is very useful for managers, scholars and students who want to elevate the efficacy of intercultural relationship in their professional and personal lives.” --Srečko Čebron, Management Board Member, Sava Reinsurance Company, Slovenia /div

La comunicazione interculturale in azienda e nelle organizzazioni

Author : Fabio Caon
Publisher : Marsilio Editori spa
ISBN 13 : 8829717010
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book La comunicazione interculturale in azienda e nelle organizzazioni written by Fabio Caon and published by Marsilio Editori spa. This book was released on 2022-09-09T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le differenze linguistico-culturali incidono significativamente sulla qualità delle relazioni nel mondo aziendale. Tale qualità, come ampiamente dimostrato in questo volume, ricade anche sul successo economico delle organizzazioni. A dispetto di dinamiche economico-commerciali globali, l’essere umano si dimostra fortemente ancorato alla propria dimensione culturale e spesso inconsapevole dei condizionamenti agiti dalla cultura. Ne consegue che la mancata conoscenza delle differenze culturali e di come esse ricadano sulla comunicazione può creare fraintendimenti, conflitti e ingenti perdite economiche. Per ovviare a tali problemi è necessario allora sviluppare un’adeguata competenza comunicativa interculturale per il mondo del lavoro. Il volume propone un originale modello di osservazione della comunicazione interculturale, attraverso il quale approcciarsi anche al marketing, alla leadership, alla negoziazione ecc. offrendo possibili vie di soluzione per aumentare la consapevolezza rispetto alle “trappole” comunicative interculturali e per migliorare l’efficacia nel business e nelle relazioni. Un lavoro fondamentale per chi (azienda, organizzazione o privato) voglia affrontare le sfide dei mercati internazionali e dei team multiculturali con strumenti comunicativi innovativi e scientificamente fondati.

Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts

Author : Romanowski, Piotr
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522581294
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts by : Romanowski, Piotr

Download or read book Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts written by Romanowski, Piotr and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While research into intercultural teaching has grown exponentially during the past two decades, the research has primarily resorted to the use of quantitative data collection instruments and the interpretation of scores calculated through them. As such, studies in the field can seem somewhat decontextualized, ignoring in some cases setting-specific parameters. Therefore, further study is needed to bring together theory, research, and practice demonstrating how this teaching is reflected in research design and how it is undertaken in different settings. Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts is an essential reference source that provides a series of rich insights into the way intercultural education is practiced in numerous international contexts and showcases practical examples of teaching situations and classroom activities that demonstrate its impact within the classroom. Featuring research on topics such as higher education, multilingualism, and professionalism, this book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, administrators, professionals, academicians, and students seeking pedagogical guidance on intercultural teaching.

Education and Intercultural Narratives in Multicultural Classrooms

Author : Claudio Baraldi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Education and Intercultural Narratives in Multicultural Classrooms written by Claudio Baraldi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: l volume presenta un'ampia varietà di prospettive teoriche e di ricerca sull'eduzazione interculturale, di tipo linguistico pedagogico e sociologico. Questi contributi evidenziano anzitutto che gli atteggiamenti etnocentrici sono ancora diffusi in molte realtà educative europee e che quindrichiedono interventi efficaci per favorire un'educazione interculturale efficace. In secondo luogo, sottolineano tre aspetti particolarmente rilevanti nel rendere efficace l'educazione interculturale: le azioni dialogiche da parte dei docenti e esperti, la promozione della partecipazionew attiva dei giovani e la creazione di condizioni di adattamento effettivamente interculturale. Il volume spega come la molteplicità delle narrazioni e la varità dei linguaggi possano essere costruite nell'interazione tra docenti e studenti, e fornisce suggerimenti per un uso attento del linguaggio, che permetta di mediare tra le diverse prospettive culturali e linguistiche.

Manual for developing intercultural competencies

Author : Deardorff, Darla K.
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231003313
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Manual for developing intercultural competencies by : Deardorff, Darla K.

Download or read book Manual for developing intercultural competencies written by Deardorff, Darla K. and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodology has proven to be effective in a range of different contexts and focused on a variety of different issues. It therefore can be considered an important resource for anyone concerned with effectively managing the growing cultural diversity within our societies to ensure inclusive and sustainable development. Intercultural competence refers to the skills, attitudes and behaviours needed to improve interactions across difference, whether within a society (differences due to age, gender, religion, socio-economic status, political affiliation, ethnicity, and so on) or across borders. The book serves as a tool to develop those competences, presenting an innovative adaptation of what could be considered an ancient tradition of storytelling found in many cultures. Through engaging in the methodology, participants develop key elements of intercultural competence including greater self-awareness, openness, respect, reflexivity, empathy, increased awareness of others, and in the end, greater cultural humility. This book will be of great interest to intercultural trainers, policymakers, development practitioners, educators, community organizers, civil society leaders, university lecturers and students -- all who are interested in developing intercultural competence as a means to understand and appreciate difference, develop relationships with those across difference, engage in intercultural dialogue and bridge societal divides"--

Understanding Student Mobility in Europe

Author : Joana Almeida
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351579584
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Student Mobility in Europe written by Joana Almeida and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Student Mobility in Europe interprets student mobility in European higher education through an active dialogue between disciplines, voices and variables of interest. Providing the conceptual, methodological, pedagogical and empirical foundations of an interdisciplinary approach, this book advances readers’ understanding of the student exchange experience, whilst outlining guidelines and resources for approaching student mobility and considering how students can gain from cross-border education. Intersecting voices from different disciplines and sojourners, including exchange students, international students and highly skilled immigrants, the book outlines practical guidelines for intercultural curriculum development and assessment, and provides insights, practical ideas, useful terminology and resources to maximise the learning gains of this student population. Split into three distinct parts, the book initially lays the foundational substructure in which an interdisciplinary approach is based. It then addresses questions of practical application by considering the experiences of 50 sojourners in Portugal and the UK through an interdisciplinary lens, and summarises the implications of interdisciplinarity with regards to student mobility in European tertiary-level education. This book is essential reading for academics and postgraduate students interested in student mobility, education abroad practitioners, and policy-makers at institutional, national and international levels.

Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements

Author : Pumilia-Gnarini, Paolo M.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466621230
Total Pages : 993 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements written by Pumilia-Gnarini, Paolo M. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is designed to be a platform for the most significant educational achievements by teachers, school administrators, and local associations that have worked together in public institutions that range from primary school to the university level"--Provided by publisher.

Digital Resources, Creativity and Innovative Methodologies in Language Teaching and Learning

Author : Adriana Teresa Damascelli
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443896047
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Digital Resources, Creativity and Innovative Methodologies in Language Teaching and Learning by : Adriana Teresa Damascelli

Download or read book Digital Resources, Creativity and Innovative Methodologies in Language Teaching and Learning written by Adriana Teresa Damascelli and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of university language centres has changed in recent decades. Initially conceived as laboratories for practical and autonomous language-learning, they are now considered as places with more specific and complex functions in language teaching and learning. University language centres now constitute networks for exchanging knowledge and know-how in order to respond to ever-changing, multilingual and multicultural contexts. At the same time, the availability and acquisition of new technologies is contributing to the creation of new tools for the provision of appropriate services and training. This collection covers a wide range of topics related to the activities, experiences and applied research carried out in Italian university language centres. It provides further evidence of the important role university language centres play in promoting language expertise, developing tools and adopting digital resources, and providing support and training for language teaching. Technology, creativity, methodologies and plurilingualism are key topics in the book as they constitute the essential ingredients for effective and successful language teaching and learning. The volume’s thirty-three chapters provide multi-perspective approaches, showing how the real contexts of current language education need the integration of theoretical backgrounds with the best practices resulting from practical experience.

Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Author : Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527556875
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning by : Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri

Download or read book Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning written by Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is focused on the teaching and acquisition of language for special, professional or general purposes, as well as the needs and challenges associated with foreign language pedagogy in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) or, more generally, Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). It presents innovative methodology and technology-integrated approaches that will serve to benefit teacher development and assist language practitioners in enhancing student investment and motivation. A pragmatic tool for utilization at the local level, this collection provides an international panorama of language pedagogy that is of great use to both junior and senior researchers. It will also serve as a source of inspiration for future and seasoned language practitioners and in-service teacher educators.

Intercultural Marketing

Author : Ivana Beveridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000218090
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Intercultural Marketing written by Ivana Beveridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With companies actively marketing products and services beyond their borders, marketers must understand culturally ingrained consumer behavior throughout the world. Focusing on psychological and social dimensions of these behaviors, this textbook brings together academic research and contemporary case studies from marketing practice. Built on a strong, cross-disciplinary theoretical foundation and extensive practice experience, this concisely written text is a practical guide to understanding the intricacies of cultural influence on consumption, and for the design and implementation of effective intercultural marketing strategies, focused on branding and promotion. The book uses representative, well-known corporate cases while also including dynamic examples from the sharing economy, blockchain, and emerging economy companies. Incorporating strategy, sociology, linguistics, cross-cultural communications, psychology, philosophy, religious studies, and economics, the book is particularly distinguished from the mainstream by introducing non-Western frameworks. Upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of marketing and international business will benefit from the book’s new concepts and novel methods, as well as clear objectives, examples, and discussion topics in each chapter. Instructors will appreciate the inclusion of a semester-long project for students, allowing them to wear the "practitioner’s hat" and including practice in a netnographic research method.

Interculturality in Institutions

Author : Marilena Fatigante
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031126262
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Interculturality in Institutions written by Marilena Fatigante and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides qualitative analyses of intercultural sense making in a variety of institutional contexts. It relies on the assumption that in an increasingly culturally diverse world, individuals often enter contexts that have communal, historically determined and stable sets of values, norms and expected identities, with little cultural compass to find their bearings in them. The book goes beyond interpreting differences in people’s ethnic or linguistic roots and discusses instead people’s interpretive efforts to navigate different sociocultural situations. The contributors examine such situations in educational, organizational, medical and community settings and look at how participants with different levels of sociocultural competences (such as, migrant patients, migrant adult learners, children) try to cope with institutional constraints and expectations, how they understand symbols, practices and identities in institutional contexts, and how their creative adjustments come to light. This book provides insights from the fields of psychology, education, anthropology and linguistics, and is for a wide readership interested in cultural meaning-making.

Online Hate Speech in the European Union

Author : Stavros Assimakopoulos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319726048
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Online Hate Speech in the European Union written by Stavros Assimakopoulos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license and reports on research carried out as part of the European Union co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project which targeted hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states. It showcases the bearing that discourse analytic research can have on our understanding of this phenomenon that is a growing global cause for concern. Although ‘hate speech’ is often incorporated in legal and policy documents, there is no universally accepted definition, which in itself warrants research into how hatred is both expressed and perceived. The research project synthesises discourse analytic and corpus linguistics techniques, and presents its key findings here. The focus is especially on online comments posted in reaction to news items that could trigger discrimination, as well as on the folk perception of online hate speech as revealed through semi-structured interviews with young individuals across the various partner countries.

Effect of Operational Variables on Nitrogen Transformations in Duckweed Stabilization Ponds

Author : Julia Rosa Caicedo Bejarano
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415377829
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (778 download)

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Download or read book Effect of Operational Variables on Nitrogen Transformations in Duckweed Stabilization Ponds written by Julia Rosa Caicedo Bejarano and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an urgent need to develop and improve low cost technologies for wastewater treatment. Simultaneously treating wastewater and producing duckweed in a pond system is, therefore, an attractive solution contributing to both environmental protection and food production. Duckweed has excellent qualities: a high protein content, a high growth rate and is an easy crop to handle. The small plant turns nitrogen from wastewater into a food source. This thesis reports on the effect of different operational variables, like anaerobic pre-treatment, the combination of algae and duckweed ponds and pond depth. Improved nitrogen removal was obtained through the combination of duckweed ponds with algae ponds. Duckweed pond systems could be designed with shallow depth without affecting nitrogen removal efficiency. This research is the result of the cooperative effort between the EIDENAR, Univalle, Cali, Colombia and the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, the Netherlands.