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What is the tension mentioned in the text?
Tension between learning for communication and studying modern languages
Why has the learning/acquisition of languages increased in importance?
Due to the increased opportunities for communication in the real world
What does every policy statement since the 1970s refer to?
The importance of communication and communicative competence
What is necessary for proficiency in communication according to the text?
Grammatical competence and other competences
What does the ideal aim for learners according to the text?
To gain the same competences that a native speaker has
What has significantly increased in importance due to mass mobility?
Learning/acquisition of languages
What is 'socio-cultural competence' as mentioned in the text?
The knowledge of a society's way of life, values, beliefs, and behaviors
What was the traditional approach to training mobile people for international experiences?
Paid little attention to language learning and drew aid from anthropology and social psychology
What are the challenges faced by teachers of foreign languages?
Recognition of cultural competence among education specialists
What term is used to refer to the negative responses experienced by trainees in cross-cultural training?
Culture shock
What is the focus of the traditional notion that the idealized monolingual speaker should be the model for language learners?
Assessing learners' linguistic competence based on native speaker-like language production
What is one advantage of the traditional cross-cultural training approach mentioned in the text?
Started and finished in 'the real world', geared towards the global economy
What belief do learners and their parents hold about the reason for foreign language teaching?
It should result in proficiency in communication
What was the reductive tendency of analyzing 'the Xs' psychological traits mentioned in the text?
Led trainees to assume 'the Xs' all had certain traits for business negotiations
'The domin.' at the end of the text suggests:
A typo or formatting error
Test your understanding of Chapter one: Intercultural competence and intercultural communicative competence: A challenge for language education. By Michael Bryam.
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