IJoLE: International Journal of Language Education
Vol. 7, No. 4, 2023

Development of an EFL Curriculum Components to Promote Intercultural Communicative Competence for Chinese College Students

Li, Yue (Unknown)
Chookhampaeng, Chowwalit (Unknown)
Chano, Jiraporn (Unknown)
Deng, Xiaoyan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2023

Abstract

This study aims to develop a curriculum based on production-oriented approach (POA) and third space theory to enhance intercultural communicative competence for college students and study the results of the implementation. Intercultural Competence Test (ICT) was administered to collect data. A total of 35 respondents were recruited from Nanfang College, Guangzhou, China. Descriptive statistics were applied to test any significant difference between pretest and post-test. The results showed that the respondents in the participating curriculum demonstrated preferences for certain strategies and significant differences were founded between pre-test and post-test. Yet, these findings are compromised to due to the small sample size, and a large-scale survey is needed to verify the results.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijole

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

IJoLE: International Journal of Language Education is an international peer reviewed and open access journal in language education. The aim is to publish conceptual and research articles that explore the application of any language in teaching and the everyday experience of language in education. ...