INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES: A REVIEW STUDY Cover Image

INTERKULTURNÍ KOMUNIKAČNÍ KOMPETENCE V ODBORNÉM CIZÍM JAZYCE: PŘEHLEDOVÁ STUDIE
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES: A REVIEW STUDY

Author(s): Hana Delalande
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Language acquisition, Higher Education , Sociology of Culture
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: intercultural communicative competence; language for specific purposes; work context; tertiary education;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the the survey is to map the researches concerning intercultural communicative competence in the teaching of a foreign language for specific purposes. The survey consists of six journals studies found in the databases of EBSCO, ERIC and SCOPUS. The studies present original researches that concern the development of intercultural communicative competence in the tertiary level. In the survey, following questions are answered: What is the definition of the intercultural communicative competence in the survey? What are the goals, which methods and approaches are being used? What are the important findings? At the end of the survey, the findings are discussed. The development of intercultural communicative competence in the international work context is most important for the students of a foreign language for specific purposes. The survey also draws attention to concrete examples of insufficiency in tertiary education.

  • Page Range: 114-132
  • Page Count: 19
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: Czech