scholarly journals Introduction of Intercultural Communication Studies into the Curriculum of Pedagogical University

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-467
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Havrilova ◽  
Olena Beskorsa ◽  
Olena Ishutina ◽  
Halyna Kapnina ◽  
Yana Topolnyk
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence ◽  
Interpretive Methods

The article presents the results of the performed research of implementing the intercultural communication studies into the future teachers’ professional training. The relevance of the research is proved by the strong need to prepare today’s youth for reaching mutual understanding and avoiding barriers in communication. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the need of introducing the intercultural communication studies into the curriculum of future teachers training for enhancing their intercultural communication competence. The analysis of the structure of the intercultural communication competence is carried out, based on which the content of the intercultural communication course is developed. The research includes three stages. The methods which are applied in the research are theoretical methods for analysing the literature, modelling for substantiating the course content, and interpretive methods for assessing the research results. The article covers the main topics of the course, aimed at gaining culture knowledge and developing intercultural skills, behaviour abilities and attitude. To enhance future teachers’ intercultural competence, two methodological approaches are used: social scientific approach and interpretive methods. The effectiveness of the course is proved through measuring the level of language skills, assessed by Standardised test Cambridge English First, and behaviour abilities, assessed by a number of direct and indirect methods.

THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 02 (06) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Madina Abdukarimovna Tashmatova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence

This article devoted to theme about basic form of communication intercultural competence. Culture finds its expression in language; so, learning a new language without familiarity with its culture remains incomplete. Moreover, fostering intercultural communication competence is an important part of developing critical thinking skills, and these two are correlated in the process of language teaching.

Empirical Analysis of Intercultural Communication and Multicultural Team Performance: A Case of Uzbek and Russian Managers in Uzbekistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Akmal Khudaykulov ◽  
Alisher Doniyorov
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Multicultural Team

There is a practical problem which this study will solve given that Uzbekistan is a country in which members of many ethnicities live. This article aims at identifying the Intercultural communication competence of Russian and Uzbek managers, team performance of a diverse team, and analyze how well these nations collaborate with each other. The main objective of this study is to explain the high team performance and intercultural communication competence. The data had been collected from various companies across Uzbekistan. Both online and paper questionnaires were distributed to Russian and Uzbek managers. Fundamental statistical procedures are applied to answer the questions of our research. Descriptive statistics, reliability and validity testing, regression modeling and other statistical indicators were used to validate our theory. The findings suggested that Russian and Uzbek managers do not differ significantly in their Intercultural communication competence. Overall intercultural competence score of Russian managers is insignificantly higher. Nonetheless, Uzbek respondents scored higher on the Interpersonal Skills dimension than Russian participants. Team performance of Uzbek managers is higher than Russian ones. Through regression analysis, an impact of Intercultural Communication Competence on Multicultural Team Performance has also been established. The mentioned studies have implications for the practice of Uzbek companies, and organizational theory, as such research has not been conducted on the sample of these nations. The study provides a knowledge foundation, and it will give us a specific insight into Uzbekistan working culture and relationships between different cultural backgrounds.

Learning for Adaptation

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-625
Author(s):  
Juming Shen ◽  
Yu Sheng ◽  
Ying Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence

AbstractThe conceptualization of intercultural communication competence (ICC) has been updated tentatively since it was formulated in the 1970s. A common recognition is that development of ICC can only be realized through an individual’s adaptation, which results from the integration of the multiple forces within the individuals themselves. However, most of the existing research on ICC has focused on the conscious aspects of competence like abilities or skills that are distinguishable, that is, what to adapt, rather than the less conscious aspect, or its correlation with the unconscious part, that is, the how to adapt, or what the process of adaptation is. The absence of investigation into the adaptation process may have been a consequence of the educational context of studies on ICC, which depends much on, or is heavily affected by, the Cartesian dualistic viewpoints that emphasize the dichotomy of mind–body while ignoring the “middle” in between. Based on our previous semiotic analysis that explained the process of intercultural communication as a form of semiosis, this paper adopts more perspectives from edusemiotics to conceptualize learning following a triadic framework with emphasis on the process as the “middle,” which renders it possible to reflect on the process of individuals’ adaptation in contexts of intercultural communication.

scholarly journals A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among Arab Students in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Abdul Qahar Sarwari ◽  
Muhammad Nubli Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
The Relationship

This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence (ICCC) of Arab students in Malaysia. This study included both of the quantitative and the qualitative data sets to further the information. The participants of this study were 108 Arab students from nine different Asian and African nationalities. Based on the results of this study, English language was the main means of education for the participants, and the main means of their communication with students from other cultures. The results from this study found some significant correlations between the attributes of ELP and ICCC. The good levels of ELP encouraged and enabled individuals to be involved in daily interactions with their peers from different countries who speak different languages, and their interactions helped them to improve the levels of their ELP. Moreover, the participants who obtained higher scores in English language proficiency test got higher mean scores in ICCC as well. Based on the results, in some cases, their personal characteristics and the low levels of their ELP had negative effects on the process of interactions among Arab and other students. The results of this study may add some interesting information in the literature regarding the relationships between ELP and ICCC of Arab students in an Asian multicultural collegiate environment.

scholarly journals Formation of Multiculturalism of Future Teachers of Foreign Languages in the Context of Multicultural Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Valeriia Shkarlet ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
History Of

The article explains the key concept "multicultural education of future teachers of foreign languages". The essence and content of the notions "multiculturalism", "multicultural education" are clarified; the connection between them is established. The influence of these concepts on the process of professional training of future teachers of foreign languages is also revealed. The concept of culture is defined, namely the origin and history of ancient, medieval and modern times of the use of this concept. The relevance of teaching humanitarian disciplines in higher education institutions, especially a foreign language, is highlighted, which expands the language knowledge of students and gives them the opportunity to become full members of a multicultural environment. Also, synonymous terms for the concept of "polyculture" and the main goals of polycultural education are presented. So, we can state that the multiculturalism of the personality of future teachers of a foreign language consists in striving during intercultural communication with representatives of other languages; to understand a specific foreign language system of language and concepts of culture, their system of value-semantic guidelines, to integrate new experience into one's own system of language and concepts of culture, and also to analyze the system of one's own culture through cognition of a new culture, which leads to the formation of multicultural value guidelines.

English Language Teaching and Intercultural Communication Competence

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 55-59
Author(s):  
Xiaochi Zhang ◽  
Jinjing ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence ◽  
The Relationship

This article discusses about the relationship between linguistic competence and intercultural communication competence, and then about the functions of English language teaching in improving students’ intercultural communication competence. Finally, it explores how to develop English language learners’ intercultural communication competence in English language teaching and gives some useful suggestions, so as to really realize the final objective of English language teaching.

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