Examining Intercultural Communicative Competence in Collectivist and Individualistic EFL Teachers
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This study is an attempt to investigate the difference in intercultural competence between collectivist and individualistic Iranian EFL teachers. To this end, researcher administered ICC questionnaire collectivists collect data from After two months of collection, 106 teachers responded items both questionnaires. The were analyzed through running independent samples t tests find collectivists/ groups regarding their responses questionnaire. results revealed that there a significant these had higher mean comparison score Moreover, further analysis showed no male female can be beneficial for administrators
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Adult and higher education
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2523-5826']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2023.050802