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 |  Subject: Intercultural effectiveness and cross-cultural competencies  Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:05 pm | |
| In its broadest sense, intercultural competence can be defined following Fantini (2006) as “a complex of abilities needed to perform effectively and appropriately when interacting with others who are linguistically and culturally different from oneself” (p. 12, emphasis in original). Throughout the literature, researchers and theoreticians use a range of more or less related terms to discuss and describe intercultural competence, including intercultural communicative competence (ICC), transcultural communication, cross-cultural adaptation, and intercultural sensitivity, among others (Fantini, 2006). What all of these terms attempt to account for is the ability to step beyond one’s own culture and function with other individuals from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. College foreign language and study abroad programs play a unique role in offering students the opportunity to develop their intercultural competencies. The acquisition of such competencies may be important not only for individual enrichment and communicative proficiency but also for providing future educators, professionals, and leaders with the capabilities necessary for promoting successful collaboration across cultures. In this, we summarize definition intercultural competence, paying particular attention to existing approaches and tools for its assessment. Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively in cross-cultural situations and to relate appropriately in a variety of cultural contexts. Tran cultural communication competence (TCC) refers to an integrative theory-practice approach enabling us to mindfully apply the intercultural knowledge we have learned in a sensitive manner. Specifically, it refers to a transformation process connecting intercultural knowledge with competent practice We conceive of intercultural communication competence as ‘the ability to effectively and appropriately execute communication behaviors to elicit a desired response in a specific environment.’ This definition shows that competent persons must not only know how to interact effectively and appropriately with people and environment, but also know how to fulfil their own communication goals using this ability. |
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