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Which Competence? A Comparative Analysis of Culture-specific vs. Culture-generic Intercultural Competence Development

“…Obviously then, the problems with such approaches far outweigh their benefits, rendering them all but meaningless at worst and providing some questionable, dated, rigid, approximate behavioural guidelines at best. As Stier [15] points out, such competence "does not ensure full culture functionality". Instead he argues in favour of what he terms processual competence, which "considers the dynamic character of intercultural competence and its interactional context" (p. 6).…”

“…Hunter et al [14] emphasize the need for what they refer to as global-ready graduate/citizen. Stier [15] and Stadler [1], therefore, both push for the advance of the inclusion of culture-generic competence development in modern language education curricula and Higher Education Institutions respectively. Although the need for this shift in competence development has been established, Hunter et al [14] lament the fact that little tangible research exists to date that outlines concrete skills, knowledge, attitudes and experiences that are required to become interculturally competent.…”