Transcultural Communicative Competence in Teaching Second (or Foreign) Languages

Lussier, Denise; Amireault, Valérie

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“…In order to clarify the characteristics of the students ' communicative competence according to the reflexive criterion, it was necessary to check the results of the delayed subjective self-assessment in terms of cross-cultural literacy and evaluating students' "own perceptions of the value systems of different cultures" (Skopinskaja, 2009). Some of the proposed assessment tools here would be the so-called "culture logs" or portfolios where students record their progress in CCC at regular intervals and "portfolios" which are used to keep records (Lussier et al, 2007). Reflexive essays, personal observations, self-audio and video recordings were employed in both groups and assessed based on evaluation grids.…”

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“…For example, it can be a survey with questions roughly grouped according to the "cultural awareness, understanding of own and Others' cultures, cultural competence and cultural encounter" (Zamroni et al, 2021;Munezane, 2021). There are, however, papers which dismiss the possibility for administered evaluation sessions and insist on the continuous forms of measuring the level for intercultural communicative competence (Lussier et al, 2007), but commonly they are outnumbered by the quantitative studies.…”

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Enhancement of Academic Performance through Developing Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study of Students Majoring in Economics

Guskova

Golubovskaya

2023

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Background. The article questions the possibility to increase the level of foreign language command through developing cross-cultural communicative competence (CCC) in students of non-linguistic universities. Despite extensive literature on intercultural communication, there are obviously gaps in investigating the way it can and should be built and the potential impact it may have towards students’ academic performance in general. Purpose. The paper aims to find out the possible correlation between the level of CCC formation and a command of a foreign language in general. To pursue the goal, an in-depth research into the CCC structure was carried out and the idea to simultaneously develop all its components was proposed. Method. The paper reports on the results of the mixed-method research aimed at gathering the data and evaluating them both qualitatively and quantitatively. Senior students of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, were selected and divided into the control and experimental groups with the subsequent training on the pre-designed curricula, with a primary focus on developing all the components of the CCC in the latter. To assess their performance, the method of experimental verification, self- and peer evaluation, educational observation, questioning method were employed. In-depth data analysis and verification provided post-active phase of the experiment conducted. Results. The results of the carried-out experiments, first, proved the hypothetical assumptions on the efficiency of developing all the four CCC simultaneously and, second, showed that the targeted CCC development contributes to improving foreign language acquisition in general, which is supported by the increase in 5 out of 6 didactic units of the final testing where the experimental group participants surpassed the students in the control group. Conclusion. The study provides evidence for the impact CCC development has on the linguistic communicative competence. The devised methodology can be borrowed and customized for teaching foreign languages to university students and, in particular for developing intrinsic motivation through CCC. Further, future research should address particular components of the CCC.

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Enhancement of Academic Performance through Developing Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study of Students Majoring in Economics

Guskova

Golubovskaya

2023

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“…de Negri, Brown, Hernández, Rosenbaum and Roter (1997, p. 12) explain the importance of developing efficient interpersonal communication between healthcare provider and patients: 'Good interpersonal interaction between client and provider is, by definition, a two-way street where both speak and are listened to without interruption, both ask questions, express opinions and exchange information and both are able to fully understand what the other is trying to say. ' Lussier (2009) argues that effective interactions rely on two essential dimensions: cognitive and affective. They also involve intercultural elements that impact the management of emotions and the expression of empathy (Robinson, 2002).…”

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Survey datasets of VIKKE assessment tool on children's Finnish Sign Language development

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Kanto

2024

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Taking as a case in point Cypriot Arabic (CyAr), a severely endangered language spoken in Cyprus, this paper discusses the results of the research project MapCyArS (Mapping Cypriot Arabic speakers: An investigation into linguistic demography and the sociolinguistic profile of Kormakiote Maronites), funded by the A G Leventis Foundation at the University of Cyprus (2017-2020), and highlights the need to change the way we consider language testing and assessment to fit the sociolinguistic situation of less widely spoken, oral and/or endangered languages and their communities. In the case of CyAr, we need to consider the fact that it is a language of oral tradition that has suffered severe reduction on all linguistic levels and it is not a first language for people under 40 anymore.1 Although the CEFR is designed also for lesser used and taught languages, it has nevertheless been applied to very few, among them: Catalan, Galician, Basque, Friulan or Welsh, etc., which are officially recognized within their respective areas of use. Conversation Verbal L2 vs Verbal L1The task consists of using CyGr or translanguaging to provide short answers to questions asked in CyAr LEVEL 1 LEVEL 0 Fails to understand CyAr and correctly respond in SG 3 /(Cy)Gr Correctly understands CyAr and responds in SG/(Cy)Gr 5 Conversation Verbal L2 vs Verbal L2 The task consists of using CyAr to provide short answers to questions asked in CyAr LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 0 Fails to understand and correctly respond in CyAr Correctly understands common sentences and responds in CyAr Correctly understands a wide range of conversation 6 Metalinguistic/ Grammatical Verbal L2 vs Verbal L2The task consists of completing orally metalinguistic or grammatical tasks such as declining a verb, giving the plural of a noun, translating etc. LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 0Unable to accomplish any metalinguistic task Able to accomplish simple metalinguistic tasks Able to accomplish complex metalinguistic tasks Conclusion 3Designing an assessment test for an endangered oral language like CyAr is a complex objective that needs to take into consideration the oral character of CyAr, its endangered situation and the advanced state of its replacement by (Cy)Gr.The oral character of CyAr suggests that we move away from reading and writing as means to evaluate oral skills. Its endangered situation suggests that traditional approaches in testing and assessment by level of competence (A1, A2, etc.) should be abandoned in favour of a more flexible type of evaluation. The advanced state of CyAr replacement by (Cy)Gr leads towards a more flexible use of language resources to evaluate speakers' proficiency, and invites us to capitalize on the use of (Cy)Gr or translanguaging to do so. The project is, therefore, also an opportunity to re-examine the baselines of language assessment used for modern languages in order to adapt them to conditions of orality and severe endangerment.

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Transcultural Communicative Competence in Teaching Second (or Foreign) Languages

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Enhancement of Academic Performance through Developing Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study of Students Majoring in Economics

Enhancement of Academic Performance through Developing Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study of Students Majoring in Economics

Survey datasets of VIKKE assessment tool on children's Finnish Sign Language development

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