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Intercultural Communicative Teaching in the EFL Classroom

Yanchan Liu
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v18.n3.p3
Abstract
Intercultural communicative competence is highly recognized and required for global interaction all over the world these days. Therefore, intercultural communicative teaching is increasingly becoming necessary and significant in foreign language education, especially English teaching in China. To better understand and implement intercultural communicative teaching in the EFL classroom, this paper first differentiates relevant concepts involved in intercultural communicative teaching, then digs more into models of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural communicative teaching approaches, and finally summarizes and reflects on intercultural communicative teaching in the EFL classroom. Intercultural communicative competence is highly recognized and required for global interaction all over the world these days. Therefore, intercultural communicative teaching is increasingly becoming necessary and significant in foreign language education, especially English teaching in China. To better understand and implement intercultural communicative teaching in the EFL classroom, this paper first differentiates relevant concepts involved in intercultural communicative teaching, then digs more into models of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural communicative teaching approaches, and finally summarizes and reflects on intercultural communicative teaching in the EFL classroom.
Keywords
intercultural communicative competence; intercultural communicative teaching; EFL classroom
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