Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Pedagogical Critic in English Language Teaching

Enni Akhmad Daud; Nonny Basalama; Moon Hidayati Otoluwa; Rahman  Taufiqrianto Dako

doi:10.30603/al.v9i2.5172

Authors

Enni Akhmad Daud
Nonny Basalama Universitas Negeri Gorontalo
Moon Hidayati Otoluwa Universitas Negeri Gorontalo
Rahman Taufiqrianto Dako Universitas Negeri Gorontalo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30603/al.v9i2.5172

Keywords:

Intercultural communicative competence;, English language teaching and learning;, components of intercultural communicative competence

Abstract

Research about Intercultural Communicative competence with its relation to English language has been discussed among scholars. However, the discussion about how to integrate it into teaching and learning English in the classroom remains lacking exploration. This research investigated the lecturers’ ways of integrating ICC components in teaching and learning English. This research involved four lecturers of the English Education Department IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo which was taken purposively. The participants were the lecturers who taught receptive and productive skills. It employed a descriptive qualitative method. Data were collected through interviews and observation sheets and analyzed using thematic analysis. It found three lecturers’ ways of integrating ICC in teaching English, first, the teachers guided students to have intercultural knowledge, intercultural attitude, and intercultural skills in teaching the English language. Second, the teachers contrasted between English language culture and Indonesian culture. Third, the teachers asked the students to practice the activities which addressed to intercultural knowledge, intercultural attitude, and intercultural skills. This research implied that ICC is competence should be mastered by the English learners in the digital era.

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