This document discusses developing intercultural communicative competence among English language learners through literary texts. It presents an overview of intercultural communicative competence and the role of literature in enhancing learners' cultural understanding and ability to communicate across cultures. The study aims to understand how English learners develop intercultural skills through different literary works and examines the place of literary texts in English textbooks. Through interviews with participants, it finds that literary texts help learners understand other cultural contexts and reduce miscommunication. However, some texts present difficulties due to unfamiliar vocabulary. The document concludes that stories, poems, novels and other works expose learners to multicultural perspectives when integrated into language classrooms.

1. Intercultural Communicative Competence of English
Language Learners
Durga Raj Bhusal
MPhil Scholar
Kathmandu University
School of Education

2. Presentation synopsis
Overview
Introduction
Objective and research questions
Theoretical framework
Methodology
Conclusion
References

5. Introduction
integrating language and literature help to construct cultural
knowledge through social interactions
a situation of communication that occurred between two or more
than two cultures and those people differ in cultural background
(Issa, 2016)

7. Contd…
 main goal of language teaching is to enable learners to
communicate and interact effectively with people from
diverse cultural backgrounds
 ICC can be enhanced speaking with members of various
cultural backgrounds and using textbooks, media,
documentaries, and movies (Lazar, 2003)

8. Contd…..
 mediation of cultural differences between social groups
through verbal or nonverbal interaction
 includes systems of beliefs, values and worldviews
 is an important part of a person’s intercultural
competence, or the ability to function effectively across
cultures
 literary texts, songs, videos, movies and very often
communicative textbooks can be used to foster our
learners IC ability

9. Contd….
 students can enhance their awareness of different cultures both of
their own culture and cross-culture
 Helps in enhancing students' awareness of the social and cultural
differences of the native language and the language they are
learning(Farnia, Maryam, & Rozina 2009)
 ELT classroom has been a shared community
 literary texts should entail cultural elements that make learners to
achieve the ability of ICC and they can communicate effectively

12. Contd…
 language teaching has been influenced by the ways of teaching
 Concept of IC seems to be less practiced despite its practices knowingly
or unknowingly
 learners have limited opportunities to observe cultural practices

13. Purpose of the study
to explore intercultural communicative competence of English language learners
to understand developing ICC of English language learners through different
literary texts

14. Research Questions
 How do English language learners develop intercultural
communicative competence through literary texts?

15. Theoretical Framework
Intercultural communicative competence theory
 language and culture are interrelated to each other
 inter-cultural competence as an extension of communicative competence(Lazar,
2003)
 ability to cope with one’s own cultural aspects in interaction with others
 language is an inseparable part of culture because the beliefs, ideas, and identities of
a group of people are constructed and communicated by language(Sihui, 1996)

16. Contd……
Literary Texts as a Means to Develop Intercultural Communicative Competence
 literature acts as a powerful agent to develop students’ intercultural awareness (Amer,
2003)
 it is essential to consider the inclusion of well-selected literary texts
 tries to expand students’ knowledge of the world
 helps learners to understand and communicate cross-culturally with other
communities
 Reduces racist attitudes
 helps students to appreciate authors from different cultural backgrounds

17. Methodology
 Qualitative research design
 Phenomenological study
 Interviews with two participants
 Semi-structured interviews
 Data were transcribed and analyzed through recording and field notes

18. Findings
Theme-1: Students’ Understanding on ICC
 get quite closer to the culture from the places about which the texts have been
written.
 ability to understand other cross-cultural contexts
 familiar with different cultures, festivals, ceremonies
 ‘when I teach texts related to the culture, traditional rituals then I make my
students perform accordingly and they perform as well. They feel, they are there
in those contexts.’
‘Students read the text Grandmother and they compare that context to their own
context having grandmother’

19. Contd….
Theme-2: Places of Literary texts in our textbooks
 Objectives are given to be familiar with varieties of literary genres
 different culture-related festivals and ceremonies are included
 local cultures are less integrated in our curriculum
 some literary texts found difficulties due to students’ understanding level

20. Contd….
 Intercultural practices help to reduce miss-communication and misunderstanding
 students are socially and culturally aware about the contexts where they belong to
 stories, poems, essays, novels, dramas, even songs, movies are the core sources
 Get chance to be bilingual, multilingual, multi-cultural
 classrooms have become the shared community
 Confusion with unfamiliar vocabularies when they read the texts first time

21. References
 Byram, M. (1997). Teaching and assessing intercultural communicative competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters
 Farnia, M., & Rozina, R. (2009). Contrastive pragmatic study and teaching culture in English language classroom – A
case study.
 Lázár, I. (2003). Incorporating intercultural communicative competence in language teacher education. Strasbourg:
European Centre of Modern Languages - Council of Europe Publishing.

22. THANK YOU
Durga Raj Bhusal
rajdurga88@gmail.com
9857037095

23. Any Queries?