THE EFFECT OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE TEACHING ON RAISING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS AMONG EFL STUDENTS

Abstract

In international education era, several institutions of higher education through the world provide students with the appropriate communication skills to deal with a mosaic of culture. The issue of integrating intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in teaching-learning English language for EFL students is of great importance. First, to enhance their cultural awareness. Second, to allow them to become effective intercultural communicators with persons from different perspectives and multiple backgrounds. In globalized world, intercultural interactions affect all aspects of modern life due to the of communication technologies ICT. ICC appeared to be one of the most vital skills for people in the 21st century to deal with multiculturalism. However, in Algerian context, EFL students seem to neglect such an important issue in their English language learning practice. Therefore, this research tends to examine the effects of intercultural communicative competence teaching on enhancing the cultural values of cultural diversity among Master 2 EFL students in the University of Khemis Miliana. The results showed that the ICC had a limited impact on targeted students.