This document discusses teaching intercultural awareness through English as a foreign language (EFL). It argues that language and culture are intertwined and both need to be taught for effective intercultural communication. Teaching should enhance awareness of one's own culture as well as respect for other cultures. The goal is to develop communicative competence involving understanding between people from different cultures. Intercultural communication requires internalizing other cultural values while adapting to those cultures.

1. Intercultural Awareness through EFL teaching Author: Eduardo Garbey, BEd September 2004 ©2004 “ Culture is the widening of the mind and spirit.” Jawaharial Nehru

9. Language learning should be closely connected to cultural learning to help learners interact and communicate appropriately in intercultural contexts. Culture Language Effective Intercultural Communication

10. Eduardo Garbey Savigne ACOMOR, Havana Medical Sciences University [email_address]