Reconceptualizing Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Multinational Perspective

Autor/in	Fantini, Alvino E.
Titel	Reconceptualizing Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Multinational Perspective
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 15 (2020) 1, S.52-61 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/1745499920901948
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); International Education; Educational Trends; Global Approach; Exchange Programs; Study Abroad; Foreign Students; Standards; Educational Strategies; Cultural Awareness; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; International Educational Exchange; Formative Evaluation; Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Higher Education; Language Proficiency; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Internationale Erziehung; Bildungsentwicklung; Globales Denken; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Standard; Lehrstrategie; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Internationaler Austausch; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Collegestudent
Abstract	Given current trends in international education, many institutions of higher education in the United States and elsewhere seek to prepare students for life and careers in a globalized world. For many institutions, this means internationalizing curriculum and campus, increasing educational exchange opportunities (for both domestic and international students), and developing intercultural abilities in their students. In the process, several questions arise: (1) which strategies are effective, (2) what research gaps exist, (3) what standards measure quality, and (4) what factors determine the quality and effectiveness of their efforts while lacking evidence about competencies? This article explores a possible response to the questions posed drawing on half a century of experience in educational exchange and intercultural service, a review of the intercultural literature, plus two multinational research projects. These combined efforts led to an expansion and (re)conceptualization of the seminar theme of intercultural effectiveness. Despite more than 50 terms found in the literature (including "intercultural effectiveness") (see, among others, Byram, 1997; Deardorff, 2004; Edelstein, 2014; Martin and Nakayama, 2000), to describe abilities needed for intercultural interaction, one term emerges as perhaps the most comprehensive and most accurate -- intercultural communicative competence (ICC). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01