The notion of communicative competence has been deemed fuzzy in communication studies. This fuzziness has led to tensions among engineers across tenures in interpreting what constitutes communicative competence. The study seeks to investigate novice and professional engineers’ understanding of the said notion in terms of two main elements of communicative competence: linguistic and rhetorical c...

The study aims to ascertain whether intervention workshops held for Iranian EFL teachers had any effect on their knowledge of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) or sensitivity (IS). investigated the about ICC and IS practice teachers. 30 participated in a six-session workshop IS, completed Questionnaire (Zhou, 2011) (Chen & Starosta, 2000) before again after workshops. A further 1...

Metacognition, defined as active control over cognitive processes during learning, is a critical component in the development of intercultural competence. Progression through stages of intercultural development requires self-assessment, self-monitoring, predictive, planning, and reflection skills. Modern virtual learning environments now provide a level of immersion that enable meaningful pract...

A reflective assessment of teaching praxis’ notions and beliefs becomes essential in instructing learners to effectively interact intercultural encounters. Arguments favor the component have been promoted for years but not fully reached systematic incorporation foreign language education Latin American countries. This paper examines concept mediator, approaching key questions (why, what, how) t...

Understanding how businesses function in relation to cultural and societal influences is critical for today’s business leader who wants to interact competently across borders. However, developing and evaluating such competence is a challenge. One concept that provides a holistic conceptualization of intercultural competence is the notion of “mindfulness” or the ability to use reflection as a co...

This paper discusses some of the challenges in constructing multimodal intercultural artificial communicators. Such challenges concern the notions of intercultural communication and culture, e.g. what aspects of culture are investigated and what methods are used. The paper also presents two example of types of investigation that are needed and concludes with a short discussion of some consequen...