How to Cultivate Intercultural Communication Competence of Non-English Major Students

Sun, Wei

doi:10.4304/tpls.3.12.2245-2249

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“…Hence, incorporating pragmatic instruction into the curriculum is essential to help learners use language appropriately in different situations, as reported in Bastürkmen and Nguyen (2017), Eslami and Eslami-Rasekh (2008), Ivanova (2018. Our participants showed greater enthusiasm for teaching English to foster intercultural communicative competence to prepare next-generation adults for increasingly more multilingual situations (Sun, 2013;Tajeddin et al, 2018).…”

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Exploring the Pragmatic Awareness and Competence of EFL Instructors at Tertiary Level

Korkmaz

Karatepe

2023

Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International

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The aim of this study is to investigate the perceptions of EFL instructors employed in the Schools of Foreign Languages of various universities in Turkey concerning their awareness of pragmatics and pragmatic competence. The sequential mixed method design was used in this descriptive study. The researchers administered a 12-item questionnaire with 61 participants to collect the quantitative data. In addition, to delve into the results obtained from the quantitative data, a two-session focus group interview was conducted with 10 participants to obtain the qualitative data. With regards to data analysis, the data obtained from the quantitative part of the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics. For the qualitative part of the research, inductive content analysis was applied to analyze the perceptions of EFL instructors to be able to ascertain their pragmatic awareness and competence. The results revealed that EFL instructors at the tertiary level had a moderate level of awareness of pragmatics and teaching pragmatics. Most university instructors underscored that they recognize the value of instructing students about pragmatics and cross-cultural issues. Accordingly, they attempt to adopt teaching strategies and practices that consider the needs of the linguistically and culturally diverse students. The outcomes of this study will be of use to foreign language instructors, curriculum designers and policymakers to act and recognize the importance of teaching of pragmatics in foreign language education.

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Exploring the Pragmatic Awareness and Competence of EFL Instructors at Tertiary Level

Korkmaz

Karatepe

2023

Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International

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“…Based on foreign approaches to the formation of intercultural competence [1,17,18,19], we tried to substantiate the choice of the discipline Intercultural communication as the preferred elective course programs, which ensure the complexity of training bachelors of non-linguistic specialties at the institution. The criteria for the effectiveness of the program have been determined:…”

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The Development of Intercultural Competence as an Essential Element in Learning Efl

Sarsenbaeva

2021

NAS

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Many language scientists made some research on English as a foreign language that has focused on aspects of intercultural competence. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan in the higher education sectors and examines how the targets culture and intercultural competence are constructed and understood by learners. Also, the paper also considers the notion of intercultural communication and learning as arising from a seamless interaction. The author points out that English as a foreign language in higher education can provide resources for developing intercultural dimensions of learning. The paper concludes by stressing that changes in approach to teaching and learning English are increasingly necessary because of the rapid changes that are taking place in the globe.

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“…As an international language, English has a vital role to open the relation with global community. To confront the situation above, English teachers need to increase students' language skills, cultural awareness and intercultural competence (Sun, 2013;Tan, 2016;Wiseman & Koster, 1993). In Indonesia as the setting of this study, English is used as a lingua franca in which it needs more liquid ideas of dialect and culture that must be adopted (Kachru, 2005;Crystal, 2008;Pennycook, 2007;Baker, 2009b).…”

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E-Learning and Efl Teachers’ Intercultural Competence: An Analysis of Benefits and Challenges

Hasanah

Abdulrahman

2021

akademika

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This proposed research is aimed to find out to what extent can an online course in intercultural communication influence English language teachers’ intercultural competence and their perception of intercultural communication hence aid in the development of intercultural awareness in an expanding circle university setting. This study is a first step to hold to find out teachers’ intercultural competence after they took online course on language and culture or intercultural communication and explore their perspectives. This study used qualitative method using interview to gain the result. There are three lecturers who are participants of this study. Findings revealed various factors and effect of the online cultural training in developing teachers’ intercultural communicative competence. Several similarities and differences of the participants’ perception and critical evaluation of e-learning and intercultural competence were also found in this study. The advanced development of e-learning platform enables participants to learn many things, share cultural values, having and strengthen their intercultural competence as well as expanding their network for professional development. This study provides benefits and challenges faced by participants during the training. The most common problem they face is internet connection.

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How to Cultivate Intercultural Communication Competence of Non-English Major Students

Cited by 5 publications

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Exploring the Pragmatic Awareness and Competence of EFL Instructors at Tertiary Level

Exploring the Pragmatic Awareness and Competence of EFL Instructors at Tertiary Level

The Development of Intercultural Competence as an Essential Element in Learning Efl

E-Learning and Efl Teachers’ Intercultural Competence: An Analysis of Benefits and Challenges

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