DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN EFL CLASSROOM THROUGH INTERCULTURAL MATERIALS: NECESSITY AND INCORPORATION

Shayla Sharmin  Snigdha

doi:10.53808/KUS.2022.19.02.2203-ah

Authors

Shayla Sharmin Snigdha English Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2022.19.02.2203-ah

Keywords:

Culture, ICC, intercultural awareness, intercultural materials, cultural diversity, tolerance

Abstract

This article conceptualizes Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) and intercultural materials and shows how they are developed in the English language pedagogy. It attempts to outline how the concept of ICC can build a new dimension of language learning minimizing the communication gap between the speakers of English from different parts of the world by incorporating intercultural materials into EFL curriculum. It brings together the existing literature that prioritize the inclusion of culture in ELT materials. This review paper examines some important principles and theories to focus on the recent changes in the assumptions and exercises of designing culture-sensitive ELT materials. The study finds out that in EFL classes intercultural materials introduce the learners with the multiplicity of cultures across the world. Intercultural materials, in its extended realm, covers a far wider range that opens up immense scope for developing the knowledge and tolerance of other cultures and of the people who practice those cultures. An objective and unbiased mindset can be developed if the intercultural materials are incorporated to the pedagogy that reflect and represent cultures in a positive and balanced way as the principles indicate.

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