Creating intercultural understanding with Csilla Ducrocq | Grow podcast

Csilla, an English and intercultural communication professor at Université Paris-Saclay, blends her science background into her teaching. She devises engaging activities like “crazy science,” where students research fake scientific topics, fostering creative problem-solving and language use in a fun way. Csilla emphasizes intercultural communication, teaching students to recognize cultural biases and diverse communication styles through collaborative online projects. Her international upbringing, including childhood in Nigeria, deeply influences her mission to make students aware of different ways of thinking and communicating. She values adapting to new educational challenges and finds immense reward in connecting with students, who once praised her for instilling “conscience” in future scientists.