TAILIEUCHUNG - An investigation into the teaching of intercultural competence in classes of american culture at Hue university of foreign languages: efl students’ perceptions

This paper presents an analysis of the data collected in an investigation into students‟ perception and opinions on teaching intercultural competence to EFL students in classes of American culture at Hue University of Foreign Languages. | Tạp chí Khoa học Ngôn ngữ và Văn hóa Tập 1, Số 1, 2017 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TEACHING OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN CLASSES OF AMERICAN CULTURE AT HUE UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES: EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS Cao Le Thanh Hai* Hue University of Foreign Languages Ngày nhận bài: 12/12/2016; ngày hoàn thiện: 11/1/2017; ngày duyệt đăng: 15/3/2017 Abstract Intercultural competence is an essential component that language learners need to acquire in order to communicate well. This paper presents an analysis of the data collected in an investigation into students‟ perception and opinions on teaching intercultural competence to EFL students in classes of American culture at Hue University of Foreign Languages. Data were collected from 120 EFL students by means of a questionnaire over the course of two months in 2016. The findings have revealed that the students were aware of the important role of culture in enhancing their intercultural competence regardless of their incomprehensive perception of the correlation between language and culture. Furthermore, despite limited number of techniques, a combination of multicultural and intercultural approaches was deployed by teachers in the classes. Key words: teaching culture, American culture, intercultural competence, language and cultural acquisition 1. Introduction Over the last few decades, one of the most fundamental changes in language learning and teaching has been the recognition of the cultural dimension as a vital component. This change has largely transformed the nature of teaching and learning languages. In other words, the aim of language learning and teaching is no longer defined in terms of the acquisition and the transmission of communicative competence in a foreign language, which refers to a person‟s ability to act in a foreign language in linguistically, sociolinguistically and pragmatically appropriate ways (Council of Europe, 2001). Rather, it is defined in terms of the intercultural competence, .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• An investigation into the teaching
• Hue university of foreign languages
• Language and cultural acquisition
• Intercultural competence in classes
• Intercultural competence to EFL students
• An investigation into the current situation
• Thai Nguyen province
• Teaching & learning conditions
• Young language learners
• Teacher education and teaching techniques
• Master thesis
• Master minor programme thesis English teaching methodology
• English teaching methodology
• Class learning
• English language teaching
• English as a foreign language
• Supplementary materials
• Teaching materials
• Speaking skills
• Teaching practice
• Teaching English speaking skills at high school
• Master minor programme thesis English language teaching methodology
• English language teaching methodology
• Corrective feedback
• Teachers’ facilitation
• Learners’ active learning in the classroom
• Yếu tố liên văn hóa
• Intercultural components
• Willingness to speak English
• English speaking lessons
• Vocabulary retention
• Based lexical lists
• Phương pháp dạy từ vựng
• Phương pháp sưu tập từ vựng
• Investigation into EFL teachers’ perceptions
• Practice of formative assessment
• Teachers’ perception
• Formative assessment
• Teaching effectiveness
• Classroom practices
• Doctor of Philosophy thesis
• Theory and methodology of English language teaching
• Synchronous computer mediated communication
• Language skills development
• EFL University students in Vietnam
• Master thesis English linguistics
• English linguistics
• Mechanics and metallurgy
• Teaching listening skills
• Questioning techniques
• English for specific purposes
• English non major students
• ESP teaching
• ESP learning process
• Higher education program
• Online learning
• Internet based teaching
• E learning
• Learning styles
• Phong cách học tập
• Sinh viên Việt Nam
• Học ngoại ngữ trên mạng
• Group work activities
• Language classroom
• English speaking skills
• Experiential activities
• Ethics subject
• Organizing experiential activities
• Theoretical investigation
• Educational ideology