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Developing Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence Through Threads of Personal Experiences: A Reflective Approach

  • Yi Liu

    Yi LIU is Professor of Applied Linguistics at College of Foreign Studies of Liaoning University. Her research interests include foreign language teacher development, discourse studies and intercultural communication.

Published/Copyright: August 21, 2022
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Abstract

With the development of world globalization, English works as a lingua franca for intercultural communication among different cultures in the world. This shift implies that introducing solely English native speaking cultures to students is not sufficient for their needs. This paper depicts the reflective teaching process of my ten years of experience of teaching intercultural communication. The paper describes how the teacher systematically reflects on the practice of teaching, continuously revises the curriculum, and finally formulates an efficient model of integrating students’ personal experiences into developing students’ intercultural communicative competence and awareness. This reflective study attempts to provide some pedagogical implications for intercultural communication education.

About the author

Yi Liu

Yi LIU is Professor of Applied Linguistics at College of Foreign Studies of Liaoning University. Her research interests include foreign language teacher development, discourse studies and intercultural communication.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Foreign Language Education Research Fund of China [Grant No. ZGWYJYJJ10Z026]. Special thanks to Dr. Helen Yang, Debbie Foster, and anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions and comments on earlier drafts.

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