8 - Intercultural communicative competence (ICC)

-> we belong to countless cultures at the same time

• student culture

• “young adults” culture

• “teacher” culture

e.g.

• implicit norms and conventions of a society

• its methods of “going about things”

• symbols

• values

• consensus of behavior and opinion

members of culture 1 perceive members of culture 2 different to the way they perceive themselves

• multicultural society

• globalisation

• language is inevitably connected to culture

• culture is motivating content for students

• promotes change of perspective

• reflect and overcome prejudices

• intercultural communication competence