Communicative & Intercultural Competence

The ability to use language effectively in different social contexts, considering factors like politeness, formality, and cultural nuances. It involves understanding the context, the roles of participants, and the function of the interaction.

The ability to connect sentences into meaningful discourse, understanding how to create a coherent whole from a series of utterances. It applies to everything from small conversations to long written texts.

The ability to use language strategically to overcome communication breakdowns or limitations. It involves using techniques like paraphrasing, circumlocution, repetition, and guessing.

The ability to send and receive intended meanings, understanding the nuances of language and how to adapt to different situations.

The ability to comprehend and effectively use the grammatical rules of a language, including its lexicon, morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology.

The ability to understand and interpret messages, negotiate meanings, and communicate effectively in different contexts. It encompasses all aspects of language, from vocabulary to social cues.

The cognitive level of Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) involves raising awareness of how culture influences communication. This includes understanding how cultural norms and values impact communication styles, nonverbal cues, and overall interaction.

The affective level of ICC focuses on managing emotions and reactions in intercultural interactions. It involves developing cultural empathy, reducing stress and anxiety, and promoting a willingness to adapt to different cultural perspectives.

The behavioral level of ICC involves practicing and adapting communication behaviors based on acquired knowledge and emotional understanding. It requires flexibility and resourcefulness in actual intercultural interactions.

An approach to developing ICC that involves three stages: understanding your own culture, exploring the target culture, and developing intercultural communication skills.

Activities designed to raise awareness of one's own culture. This involves exploring cultural manifestations like traditions, customs, and values.

Activities focused on understanding the target culture. This includes researching traditions, norms, and values of another culture.

Activities aimed at building intercultural communication skills. This involves applying knowledge of both your culture and the target culture to create a shared understanding.

Intercultural Competence (ICC) refers to the ability to understand and navigate different cultures effectively. It involves being aware of your own cultural biases, respecting other cultures, and behaving appropriately in intercultural settings.

Cultural perspectives encompass a society's traditional beliefs, values, attitudes, and meanings. They shape the way people view the world and interact with others.

Cultural practices are the typical ways of behaving in a society. They provide a framework for everyday actions and interactions.

Cultural products include tangible and intangible things created by a culture. They reflect the values and perspectives of the culture.

Misunderstandings in intercultural communication often arise from differences in culturally-influenced perspectives, practices, and products. These differences can lead to misinterpretations and conflicts.

Teaching cultural elements that are relevant to the learners' own culture, the target language culture, and other cultures helps to promote intercultural competence. This allows learners to bridge cultural differences and understand each other more effectively.

Understanding both the learners' own culture and the target language culture is essential for developing ICC. This helps learners to understand the similarities and differences between cultures and to avoid cultural misunderstandings.

Exposure to various cultures broadens understanding of the world and fosters tolerance and respect for diversity. It helps learners develop cultural awareness and navigate diverse environments.

This involves exploring a new culture through various activities like reading stories, watching movies, learning about customs, and experiencing real-life objects.

This stage involves analyzing texts or conversations to understand how the target culture communicates, including its cultural nuances, idioms, and unspoken rules.

Using real-life objects like food, clothing, traditional music, or art to understand and experience a new culture firsthand.

This stage aims to bridge cultural differences and facilitate communication through activities like jigsaw reading, roleplaying, and discussions.

The ability to be aware of and navigate cultural differences to communicate effectively and respectfully in diverse contexts.