INVESTIGATING THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF ESP STUDENTS

Prodanovska-Poposka, Vesna (2024) INVESTIGATING THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF ESP STUDENTS. In: 2 nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “MULTILINGUALISM, INNOVATION AND DIGITALIZATION IN THE LIGHT OF EUROPEAN EDUCATION POLICIES”, 30-31 May 2024, Korca, Albania.

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Abstract

The last decades of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century were marked as an epoch with increased contact between people of different cultures and globalized exchange in all spheres of life. The opening of borders, expansion of international relations, intensifying process of globalization, modern means of communication, and the wide use of the Internet help to bring people together, and make the world a nearly unified community, highlighting interaction and mutual influence of different cultures. This nevertheless requires mastering a new skill widely known as intercultural communicative competence, which will allow individuals to communicate effectively and efficiently with different people. This study aimed to investigate the level of intercultural communicative competence of ESP learners, students at the undergraduate, master’s, and PhD levels from St. Kliment Ohridski University-Bitola. Using a quantitative research design, data were collected through an adapted version of the Intercultural Communicative Competence Self Rating Scale (ICCSRS), based on Byram’s intercultural competence model. The results reveal that participants demonstrate confidence in some aspects of intercultural knowledge but lack knowledge in historical, political, and taboo-related senses. They also show a positive intercultural attitude, exhibit a level of intercultural awareness characterized by the ability to observe and recognize cultural differences, and present a mixed level of confidence and challenges in various aspects of intercultural communicative skills. Keywords: Intercultural communicative competence

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r Vesna Prodanovska
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2025 10:59
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2025 10:59
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10562

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