Overview of General Results and Discussion on Main Findings

This chapter summarises the results of the analyses presented in Chapters 5 and 6 to offer a wider perspective of the most relevant findings of this investigation before presenting the conclusions in the next and final chapter. The chapter begins by discussing findings on attitudes, the visible result of human values, and the basis of intercultural competence (7.2). In the subsequent section, findings on intercultural knowledge, comprehension, and skills are explored (7.3). Next, results regarding the internal and external outcomes of intercultural competence are outlined (7.4). All these dimensions are presented for each of the two universities first, and then as a whole, according to the main tools used to collect data: questionnaires and interviews. Finally, the implications of these findings are explained (7.5), divided into methodological, analytical, and conceptual, before the chapter is summarised (7.6).