THE IMPACT OF TEACHING MATERIALS ON INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY

This study employs a mixed-method quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design to investigate the mediatory effects of culture-based teaching materials employing three types techniques, namely cultural awareness, critical incident and misunderstanding, in fostering intercultural competence (IC) development group Tunisian higher education EFL students. A pedagogical intervention was implemented evaluated terms its effectiveness enhancing IC voluntary 11 EFL-major students at prominent Higher Education Institute. Quantitative data were collected using pretests posttests. Qualitative obtained from transcribed audio-recorded lessons, teacher fieldnotes, student diaries post-course interviews. The results preintervention postintervention tests classroom observation indicate that induced significant improvements on dimensions, knowledge, attitudes, skills. students’ written artifacts oral self-reports provide further support for contributory techniques under investigation. this work could form knowledge base future developments course development.