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- Title
Intercultural Communicative Competence: Beliefs and Practices of Adult English as a Second Language Instructors.
- Authors
Bickley, Celeste; Rossiter, Marian J.; Abbott, Marilyn L.
- Abstract
Effective and appropriate communication is critical for the successful integration of newcomers in Canada. In this paper, we describe the intercultural communicative competence beliefs and practices of 70 adult English as a second language (ESL) instructors. Responses to an online survey indicated a strong belief in the value of integrating intercultural communicative competence into their instruction; however, instructors' reported classroom practices revealed that culture was addressed in varying degrees and that intercultural communicative competence was not systematically developed. Findings suggest that enhanced instructor education, appropriate materials development, and research investigating the effective pedagogical development of intercultural communicative competence in the language learning classroom are needed.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE research; ENGLISH language education; ENGLISH as a foreign language; LANGUAGE &; education; CROSS-cultural communication; CLASSROOM management research; COMMUNICATIVE competence
- Publication
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2014, Vol 60, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
0002-4805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.55016/ojs/ajer.v60i1.55810