The Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in the Contexts of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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Carlos Rico Troncoso
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4399-3394
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Abstract
This article aims to provide a reflection on the way how the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) has been understood in the processes of teaching a foreign language. To attain this goal, this text traces primarily what teaching a foreign language has been so far in the context of ELT [English Language Teaching]. This article then provides another reflection on what is implied when trying to bring the ICC into a foreign language teaching scenario. Finally, it provides an explanation on how to understand the ICC in the teaching of a foreign language through the lens of three concepts that are assumed in its definition: communication, language and culture.
Keywords
Language, Communication, Culture, ELT, ICCLíngua, Comunicação, Cultura, ELT, CCILengua, Comunicación, Cultura, ELT, CCI
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Rico Troncoso, C. (2010). The effects of language material son the development of intercultural competence. En B. Tomlinson & H. Masuhara, Research for materials development in language learning (pp. 83-102). London: Continuum.
Risager, K. (1998). Language teaching and the process of European integration. En M. Byram & M. Fleming (Ed/Coord)., Language learning in intercultural perspective: approaches through drama and ethnography (pp. 242-254). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Thompson, N. (2003). Communication and language. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.
Brown, H.D. (2001). Teaching by principles. An interactive approach to language pedagogy. New York USA: Longman.
Buttjes, D. & Byram, M. (1991). Mediating languages and cultures. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters.
Byram, M. (1989). Cultural studies in foreign language education. Clevedon UK: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Byram, M. (2006). Languages and identities. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Byram, M. & Fleming, M. (1998). Language learning in intercultural perspective. Approaches through drama and ethnography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kiesling, S., & Bratt, C. (Eds). (2005). Intercultural discourse and communication. The essential readings. Malden USA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Ellis, R. (1985). Understanding second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fennes, H. & Hapgood, K. (1997). Intercultural learning in the classroom. Crossing borders. London UK: Cassel Council of Europe Series.
Holliday, A., Hyde, M., & Kullman, J. (2004). Intercultural communication. An advance resource book. London UK: Routledge Applied Linguistics.
Hymes, D. (1972). On communicative competence. En J.P. Holmes (Ed/Coord), Sociolinguistics (pp. 269-293). Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Kramsch, C. (1993). Language study as border study: experiencing difference. European Journal of Education, 18(3), 349-358. https://doi.org/10.2307/1503764
Kramsch, C. (1998). Language and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Richards, J.C. (1986). Approaches and methods in language teaching. A description and analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rico Troncoso, C. (2004). Reflexiones del quehacer evaluativo del ICFES en los últimos años: análisis y propuestas para mejorar el sistema educativo. En N. Apellido (Ed/Coord). ICFES, Evaluación por competencias: lenguaje e idioma extranjero (pp. 140-165). Bogotá: ICFES y Editorial Magisterio.
Rico Troncoso, C. (2005). Searching for coherence in language teaching: the issue of teaching competences. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, (7), 95-107. Recuperado de http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-46412005000100007&lng=en&tlng=en.
Rico Troncoso, C. (2010). The effects of language material son the development of intercultural competence. En B. Tomlinson & H. Masuhara, Research for materials development in language learning (pp. 83-102). London: Continuum.
Risager, K. (1998). Language teaching and the process of European integration. En M. Byram & M. Fleming (Ed/Coord)., Language learning in intercultural perspective: approaches through drama and ethnography (pp. 242-254). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Savicki, V. (2008). Developing intercultural competence and transformation. Theory, research and application in international education. Virginia, United States of America: Stylus Publishing.
Sercu, L., Bandura, E., Castro, P., Davcheva, L., Laskaridou, C. & Ryan, P. (2005). Foreign language teachers and intercultural competence: An international investigation. Clevedon UK: Multilingual Matters.
Stern, H. (1983). Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Tarasheva, E. & Davcheva, L. (2001). Up the hill of identity. En M. Byram, A. Nichols & D. Stevens (Eds/ Coords), Developing intercultural competence in practice (pp. 44-59). Clevedon UK: Multilingual Matters.
Thompson, N. (2003). Communication and language. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.
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Rico Troncoso, C. (2018). The Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in the Contexts of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Signo Y Pensamiento, 37(72). https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.syp37-72.ccic
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