Implementing an Instructional Design on Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) With Foreign Language Students Aimed at Joining the Corporate World

intercultural competence in foreign language teaching

today, in times of globalisation, intercultural competence is required more than ever before. therefore, language institutes are advocating and keen to train their students in intercultural competence too. accordingly, they ensure that their teachers include teaching additional cultural information about the country of the language being taught in their courses. the fact is, however, that durin...

The role of intercultural competence in foreign language teaching

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the cultural dimension of foreign language education, and teachers today are expected to promote the acquisition of intercultural competence in their learners. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of Iranian teachers of English on intercultural competence teaching and to see how and to what extent these opin...

Using a 3D Online Game to Assess Students' Foreign Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence

Over the past decade there has been an increasing attempt to explore the potential of computer games in order to engage students’ towards foreign language learning. However, literature review has shown that there are still few attempts to provide empiric evidence of the educational potential of computer games, whereas the present study aims to address this lack. The purpose of our paper is to e...

1 On Knowing a Language : Communicative Competence , Proficiency , and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning

Special edition: Symposium on Intercultural Communicative Competence in Action

In the opening session, Professor Mike Byram presented a brief overview of some of the concepts associated with the day’s theme and their origins and history. This introduction formed the basis for a discussion of current debates and discussions in the field, and what ‘the field’ includes. The third element was an analysis of what research and (curriculum) development needs and opportunities ex...