The path to reading comprehension through intercultural competence in the multicultural EFL classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12702255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Devora Hellerstein (0000-0001-7453-8442, Department of English Studies, The Academic College at Wingate, Netanya, Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-343 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-8477 • E-ISSN: 1747-759X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14708477.2016.1261875 |
| OpenAlex | W2560497347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article illustrates the significance of intercultural competence in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to a multicultural group of students in a matriculation preparation programme in Israel. It is based on an action research using a case study approach to examine the role of cultural background in the acquisition of EFL. Drawing from intercultural competence theories, it is argued that while cultural background plays an important role in students’ entry level and approach to learning EFL, in general, and reading competence, in particular, it does not play a determining role in their progress and achievements. Rather, students with high intercultural competence, regardless of cultural background, entered a dialogue and engaged with students of other cultures, which was associated with an ability to enter a dialogue and engage with a text in English. Students’ intercultural competence was developed by the creation of a ‘classroom culture’ where structured and unstructured activities guided by the teacher spurred engagement and negotiation processes between students of diverse cultural backgrounds for the purpose of enhancing intercultural competence and English reading comprehension skills
Competence (human resources · Cultural competence · Intercultural communication · Intercultural Competence · Intercultural relations · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Reading (process · Reading comprehension · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
Qualitative Data Analysis
Exploratory Practice
Assessing Communication Competency for Intercultural Adaptation
Assessing Language Acquisition and Intercultural Sensitivity Development in Relation to Study Abroad Program Design
Language and Culture Pedagogy
InterViews
The cultural component of language teaching
Teaching reading skills in a foreign language
Issues and options in language teaching
Teaching and Researching Reading
Context and culture in language teaching
The measurement of intercultural sensitivity using the concepts of individualism and collectivism
The cognitive academic language learning approach (calla)
Tesol at Forty
Tesol Methods
Communicative Language Teaching in China
Naturalistic inquiry
Language awareness and (critical) cultural awareness - relationships, comparisons and contrasts
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |