Theoretical bases of a conceptual framework with reference to intercultural communicative competence
Issued Date: 14 Sep 2015
Abstract
With the rapid expansion of communication, the mobility of people and the expansion of immigration, it is generally agreed, in language education, that ‘intercultural communicative competence’ (ICC) should be an essential component of ‘language competence’ or vice versa. It also implies that there could not be intercultural communication without the integration of intercultural competence in language teaching. But, there is a need to study this issue logically and coherently. Accordingly, this article reviews existing theories and models. It also proposes a conceptual framework for the development of ICC which involves cognitive, affective and psychological factors. The three essential domains of ICC are: intercultural knowledge, intercultural skills and intercultural being. They capture the interrelations that are embedded in language, thought and culture. The paper argues that language competence needs to address not only the linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic/discourse elements of langue but should integrate (inter)cultural interactions and transactions between individuals in the learning process.
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in Canada.
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Multilingual Matters.
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learning and cultural representations: Beyond competence and identity. Language Learning
56 (4): 609–632. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00390.x
Rubenfeld, S., Clément, R., Vinograd, J. Lussier, D., Amireault, V., Auger, R. and Lebrum, M.
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learning. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 26 (2): 182–203. doi:10.1177/
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NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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(4): 671–685. doi:10.2307/3587082
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negotiation of meaning. In D. Sixt (ed.) Comprehension as Negotiation of Meaning 112–
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Matters.
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Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
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Learning: A Research Report. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
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Culture. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
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Language Learning and Teaching. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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and J. Schmidt (eds) Language and Communication 2–27. London: Longman.
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language teaching and testing. Applied Linguistics 1 (1): 2–43. doi:10.1093/applin/1.1.1
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et/ou standardisation? Actes du colloque de Sèvres 2007. Revue Dialogues et Cultures 54:
19–29.
Council of Europe (2001) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:
Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Strasbourg: Cambridge University Press.
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Cross-Cultural Training Programs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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York: Addison-Wesley.
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Social Studies Education: The Dialectic of Voice as an Epistemological Tool for Change.
Unpublished post doctoral dissertation, SSHRC, Cambridge University.
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Eng1ischunterricht. Frankfurt: Diesterweg.
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Fantini (ed.) SIT Occasional Paper Series: Inaugural Issue: About our Institution 23–42.
Brattleboro, VT: School for International Training.
Galisson, R. (1991) De la langue à la culture par les mots. Paris: CLÉ international.
Geertz, C. (1975) The Interpretation of Cultures. London: Hutchinson.
Giroux, H. A. and McLaren, P. (1994) Between Borders: Pedagogy and the Politics of Cultural
Studies. New York: Routledge.
Goethals, G. R. (2002) Peace and FL Teaching. Unpublished paper. Unknown sources.
Guilherme, M. (2002) Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World. Clevedon: Multilingual
Matters.
Guilherme-Durate, M. (2000) Critical Cultural Awareness: The Critical Dimension in
Foreign Culture Education. Unpublished Doctoral dissertation. School of Education,
University of Durham.
Hall, S. and Du Gay, P. (eds) (1996) Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage.
Halliday, M. A. K. (1978) Language as Social Semiotic: The Social Interpretation of Language
and Meaning. London: Arnold.
Holliday, A. R. (1999) Small cultures. Applied Linguistics 20 (2): 237–264. doi:10.1093/
applin/20.2.237
Kane, L. (1991) The acquisition of cultural competence: an ethnographic framework for
cultural studies curricula. In D. Buttjes and M. S. Byram (eds), Mediating Languages
and Cultures: Towards an Intercultural Theory of Foreign Language Education 239–247.
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Kramsch, C. (1993) Context and Culture in Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Kramsch, C. (1995) La composante culturelle de la didactique des langues. Le Français dans
le Monde. Recherches et Application, numéro spécial: Méthodes et méthodologies: 54–69.
Kramsch, C. (1998) Language and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Krashen, S. D. (1976) Formal and informal linguistic environments in language learning
and language acquisition. TESOL Quarterly 10: 157–168. doi:10.2307/3585637
Krashen, S. D. (1981) Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning. Oxford:
Pergamon.
Krathwohl, D. R., Bloom, S. and Masia, B. B. (1964) Taxonomy of Educational Objectives:
The Classification of Educational Goals. Handbook 2: Affective Domain. New York: McKay.
Lussier, D. (1984) Les effets des activités d’échanges interlinguistiques sur le développement
de la compétence de communication en langue seconde par enseignement traditionnel.
Unpublished Doctoral thesis. Laval University, Quebec City.
Lussier, D. (1997) Domaine de référence pour l’évaluation de la compétence culturelle en
langues. Revue de didactologie des langues-cultures, ELA: 231–246.
Lussier, D. (2009) Common reference framework for the teaching and assessment of
‘Intercultural Communicative Competence’. In Studies in Language Teaching, SILT 2008, 13:
234–244. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lussier, D., Auger, R., Clément, R. and Lebrun-Brossard. M. (2000–2008) Cultural
Representations, Ethnic Identity and Intercultural Communication among Young Adults.
Ottawa: Grants from Heritage Canada and the Council of Research in Human Sciences
in Canada.
Lussier, D., Golubina, K., Ivanus, D., S. C. Kostova, G. de la Maya Retamar, L. Skopinskaja
and S. Wiesinger (2007) Guidelines for the Assessment of Intercultural Communicative
Competence. In I. Lazar, M. Kriegler, D. Lussier, G. Matei, and C. Peck (eds) Developing
and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Guide for Language Teachers and
Teacher Educators 23–40. European Centre for Modern Languages, Strasbourg: Council of
Europe Publishing.
Lussier, D., Auger, R., Urbanicova, V. and Armengol, M. (2004) Representations of others
and other cultures in the context of the pre-service and ongoing training of teachers. In G.
Zarate, A. Gohard-Radenkovic, D. Lussier and H. Penz (eds) Cultural Mediation and the
Teaching and Learning of Languages 181–213. European Centre for Modern Languages,
Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing.
Lussier, I. (2001) Validation du questionnaire ‘xénophilie/xénophobie’ dans le contexte des
représentations culturelles auprès d’adolescents montréalais. Unpublished Master’s thesis.
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal.
McLaren, P. (1995) Critical Pedagogy and Predatory Culture. London: Routledge.
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Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.
Mennecke, A. (1993) Potentialities of textbooks for teaching cultural awareness. In M.
Byram (ed.), Germany: Its Representation in Textbooks for Teaching German in Britain,
41–53. Frankfurt: Diesterweg.
Meyer, M. (1991). Developing trans-cultural competence: case study of advanced foreign
language learners. In D. Buttjes and M. Byram (eds) Mediating Languages and Cultures:
Towards an Intercultural Theory of Foreign Language Education 136–158. Clevedon:
Multilingual Matters.
Natale, S. (1972) An Experiment in Empathy. Slough: National Foundation for Educational
Research (NFER).
Nostrand, H. L., Grundstrom, A.W. and Singerman, A. J. (1996) Acquiring Cross-cultural
Competence: Four Stages for Students of French. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook
Company.
Pennycook, A. (1994) The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language. London:
Longman.
Piaget, J. and Weil, A.-M. (1951) The development in children of the idea of homeland and
of relations with other countries. Institute of Social Science Bulletin 3: 561–578.
Risager, K. (1998) Language teaching and the process of European integration. In M. S.
Byram and M. Fleming (eds) Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective 242–254.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Risager, K. (2006) Language and Culture – Global Flows and Local Complexity. Clevedon:
Multilingual Matters.
Rubenfeld, S., Clément, R., Lussier, D., Lebrum, M. and Auger, R. (2006) Second language
learning and cultural representations: Beyond competence and identity. Language Learning
56 (4): 609–632. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00390.x
Rubenfeld, S., Clément, R., Vinograd, J. Lussier, D., Amireault, V., Auger, R. and Lebrum, M.
(2007) Becoming a cultural intermediary: a further social corollary of second language
learning. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 26 (2): 182–203. doi:10.1177/
0261927X07300080
Rumelhart, D. E. (1980) Schemata: the building blocks of cognition. In R. J. Spiro, B. Bruce
and W. F. Brewer (eds) Theoretical Issues in Reading Comprehension 33–58. Hillsdale,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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