How to develop intercultural competences in language teaching.

1. INTERCULTURAL
COMPETENCE
Presented by: MiguelTabara

2. Content
•Definition of Intercultural competence
•Main goal of intercultural competence
•Importance of Intercultural competence
•Dimensions of intercultural competence
•Roles of the teachers and learners in this new trend
•Class activity based on this new trend

3. Definition
Berardo, K. (2005) described the intercultural
competence as “the capacity of behaving
effectively and accordingly by using the
intercultural sources.”

4. Definition from a language teaching and
learning view
Intercultural competence is the ability to behave
effectively across cultures, to think and act
accurately and to communicate and work with
people from different cultural background – in our
country or abroad.

5. Main Goal
To develop the appropriate competences on
language learners which allows them to behave
effectively across cultures, to think and act
accurately and to communicate and work with
people from different cultural background – in their
country or abroad.

6. Importance
• It allows people to develop intercultural-
communicative competences to understand and
respect others who are culturally different.
• It allows people to respond appropriately,
effectively and respectfully when interacting and
communicating with others whose culture is
different.

7. Dimensions
According to Fantini, A. (2007). Intercultural
competence can be divided into four dimensions:
•Intercultural knowledge
•Intercultural attitude
•Intercultural skills
•Intercultural awareness

8. Teacher’s role
They will then act as mediators between cultures
and should be able to wake up the students’
motivation and curiosity towards different
realities. Hernandez,Y. (2019).

9. Learner’s role
Learners should be familiarized with
intercultural contexts that show different sides or
perspectives of a same reality, being critical not
only towards their own culture but also towards
the culture of others. Hernandez,Y. (2019).

10. Class activity: Intercultural Communication
Objective: To exchange customs and cultural facts about their own culture with their classmates.
Duration: 15 minutes - Student’s level: B1 - Environment and context: Classroom /Virtual Classroom. EFL Learners with
different culture.
Language skills covered. Listening and speaking
The grammar or
vocabulary involved in the
activity.
Grammar:
Preposition
Prepositional phrases
Connecting words
Vocabulary:
Nationalities
Clothes
Stages of the activity.
The teacher will make a
review of Clothes
Vocabulary, preposition,
prepositional phrases and
connecting words.
Conversational session in pairs to
exchange cultural facts by using
class vocabulary and grammar.
Students must wear a typical
outfit that represents their
country and culture.
Students must share briefly
their personal opinion about
the activity and their
classmate’s culture.
List of materials involved
in it.
Computer
Internet connection
Kahoot! Games
Images that represent culture of
each student.
Clothes related to the culture of
each student.