Translator Competence in Second Foreign Language Teaching: Acquisition of Intercultural Competence

Fernández, Laura González

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87476-6_3

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“…A high degree of intercultural competence is desirable for any foreign language learner (Fernandez, 2021). Prospective global citizens refer to those who should be able to interact successfully with different individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds who "do not share knowledge, assumptions, values, and forms of discourse with them" (Scollon, Scollon, & Jones, 2012, p. 280); some authors considered communication as being effective when "individuals achieve a shared understanding, stimulate others to take actions, and encourage people to think in new ways" (Bovee & Thill, 2000, p. 4).…”

Section: Introduction Of Intercultural Competence In Efl Contexts: Ex...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects perceived by Vietnamese B1 EFL students of extensive reading on intercultural competence

Nguyen,

Nguyen

2024

HCMCOUJS - SOCIAL SCIENCES

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Investigation of effective approaches for supporting students’ linguistic and intercultural competence in the process of learning English as an international lingua franca has generally been an issue of great concern for teachers and researchers in language education. The study considered how fiction reading and non-fiction reading supported students’ reading comprehension and fostered their self-perception of intercultural competence. The scaffolds were tested in a pretest-posttest design on 58 participants, and in a classroom-based setting. Two measurement instruments included a reading comprehension test and a questionnaire on students’ self-perception of their intercultural competence. Both groups made significant progress in reading comprehension. Fiction reading condition was also found to contribute to the higher self-perception of intercultural competence. Discussion of the pros and cons of the experimental design and suggestions for further research into extensive reading and speech act appropriateness are in the last part of the paper. The paper finally puts forward the suggestion that short literary texts of cultures around the world might be considered as one of the meaningful inputs in B1 EFL classrooms.

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Section: Introduction Of Intercultural Competence In Efl Contexts: Ex...mentioning

confidence: 99%