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Integrating Intercultural Communicative Competence into Teacher Education for Young Learners

Year 2021, , 330 - 347, 26.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1047509

Abstract

Interaction, communication, and cooperation among different cultures are no longer
optional skills but must competencies for professional contexts all around the globe in
the 21st century. As English is the medium of professional encounters in today’s world,
foreign language teaching is responsible for developing these competencies from the
early years of education. This results in culture being an important component of
foreign language classes, which puts a heavy responsibility on teachers’ shoulders.
Although they may show a sincere effort to integrate culture into lessons, their attempt
mostly stays at a basic level focusing on superficial information shared in the language
teaching coursebooks published by the global or local publishers. Thus, integrating
culture and intercultural communicative competence (ICC) into foreign language
teaching needs to be addressed in pre-service teacher education. This paper reports an
action research study where a teacher educator investigates her own practice in
integrating ICC into a pre-service teacher education session on teaching English to
young learners. Thus, the study aims to explain how effective a training session can be
in achieving its ICC goals and discover what teacher candidates think about integrating
culture and ICC into foreign language teaching based on their training session
experience.

References

  • Byram, Michael. Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Multilingual Matters, 1997.
  • Byram, Michael. “Intercultural Competence in Foreign Languages: The Intercultural Speaker and the Pedagogy of Foreign Language Education.” The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence, edited by Darla K. Deardorff, Sage Publications, 2009, pp. 321-332.
  • Byram, Michael and Hitomi Masuhara. “Intercultural competence.” Applied Linguistics and Materials Development, edited by Brian Tomlinson, Bloomsbury, 2013, pp. 143-160.
  • Canale, Michael and Merrill Swain. "Theoretical Bases of Communicative Approaches to Second Language Teaching and Testing.” Applied Linguistics, vol.1, no.1, 1980, pp. 1-47.
  • Chomsky, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1965.
  • Cohen, Louis, et al. Research Methods in Education. 5th ed., Routledge Falmer, 2000.
  • Cushner, Kenneth and Jennifer Mahon. “Intercultural Competence in Teacher Education: Developing the Intercultural Competence of Educators and their Students.” The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence, edited by Darla K. Deardorff, Sage Publications, 2009, pp. 304-320.
  • Dörnyei, Zoltan. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Fantini, Alvino E. “Teaching ESOL as Intercultural Competence.” TESOL Intercom, ICIS Newsletter. 6 March 2012, http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolicis/issues/2012-03-06/1.html
  • Güneş, Gökalp and Enisa Mede. “Integration of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in an EFL Course: Perceptions of Students and Teachers.” İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education, vol. 20, no. 2, 2019, pp. 352- 363.
  • Hymes, Dell. "Competence and Performance in Linguistic Theory." Language Acquisition: Model and Methods, edited by Renisa Huxley and E. Ingram, Academic Press, 1971, pp. 3-28.
  • Hymes, Dell. “On Communicative Competence.” Sociolinguistics. Selected Readings, edited by John B. Pride and Janet Holmes, Penguin, 1972, pp. 269-293.
  • Posner, George J., and Alan N. Rudnitsky. Course Design: A Guide to Curriculum Development for Teachers. 7th ed., Pearson Education Inc., 2006.
  • Şallı-Çopur, Deniz. “A Quest to Improve the Undergraduate TEYL Course: A Case Study.” IATEFL TTEd SIG Conference Projecting onto Teaching Young Learners, 20-21 September 2013. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey.
  • UNESCO Preparatory Commission. Conference for the Establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. 1-16 November 1945. Fifth Plenary Meeting, Document Code ECO/CONF/29, 1946, https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000117626. Accessed 3 May 2021.
  • Wagner, Manuela., et al. Teaching intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice. Multilingual Matters, 2018.
  • White, Ronald V. The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Management. Basil Blackwell, 1988.

Kültürlerarası İletişim Yetkinliğinin Çocuklar için Öğretmen Eğitimine Dahil Edilmesi

Year 2021, , 330 - 347, 26.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1047509

Abstract

Farklı kültürler arasında etkileşim, iletişim ve iş birliği 21. yüzyılda profesyonel
bağlamlar için artık zorunlu yeterliliklerdir. İngilizce, günümüz dünyasında mesleki
karşılaşmaların ortamı olduğu için, yabancı dil öğretimi, eğitimin ilk yıllarından
itibaren bu yeterliliklerin geliştirilmesinden sorumludur. Bu da kültürün yabancı dil
derslerinin önemli bir bileşeni olmasına neden olmakta ve öğretmenlerin omuzlarına
ağır bir sorumluluk yüklemektedir. Öğretmenler, derslerine kültürü dahil etmek için
samimi bir çaba gösterseler de girişimleri çoğunlukla küresel veya yerel yayıncılar
tarafından hazırlanan dil öğretimi ders kitaplarında paylaşılan yüzeysel bilgilere
dayanmaktadır. Bu nedenle, hizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimine kültür ve kültürlerarası
iletişim yeterliliğinin dahil edilmesi önemlidir. Bu makale, bir öğretmen eğitimcisinin
bu yeterliliği çocuklara İngilizce öğretmeye yönelik bir hizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimi
oturumuna entegre ettiği uygulamasının araştırıldığı bir eylem araştırması üzerinedir.
Çalışma, kültürlerarası iletişim yeterliliği hedeflerine ulaşmada bir eğitim oturumunun
ne kadar etkili olabileceğini açıklamayı ve öğretmen adaylarının bu eğitim oturumu
deneyimlerine dayanarak kültür ve kültürlerarası iletişim yeterliliğini yabancı dil
öğretimine dahil etme konusundaki düşündüklerini keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır.

References

  • Byram, Michael. Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Multilingual Matters, 1997.
  • Byram, Michael. “Intercultural Competence in Foreign Languages: The Intercultural Speaker and the Pedagogy of Foreign Language Education.” The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence, edited by Darla K. Deardorff, Sage Publications, 2009, pp. 321-332.
  • Byram, Michael and Hitomi Masuhara. “Intercultural competence.” Applied Linguistics and Materials Development, edited by Brian Tomlinson, Bloomsbury, 2013, pp. 143-160.
  • Canale, Michael and Merrill Swain. "Theoretical Bases of Communicative Approaches to Second Language Teaching and Testing.” Applied Linguistics, vol.1, no.1, 1980, pp. 1-47.
  • Chomsky, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1965.
  • Cohen, Louis, et al. Research Methods in Education. 5th ed., Routledge Falmer, 2000.
  • Cushner, Kenneth and Jennifer Mahon. “Intercultural Competence in Teacher Education: Developing the Intercultural Competence of Educators and their Students.” The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence, edited by Darla K. Deardorff, Sage Publications, 2009, pp. 304-320.
  • Dörnyei, Zoltan. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Fantini, Alvino E. “Teaching ESOL as Intercultural Competence.” TESOL Intercom, ICIS Newsletter. 6 March 2012, http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolicis/issues/2012-03-06/1.html
  • Güneş, Gökalp and Enisa Mede. “Integration of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in an EFL Course: Perceptions of Students and Teachers.” İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education, vol. 20, no. 2, 2019, pp. 352- 363.
  • Hymes, Dell. "Competence and Performance in Linguistic Theory." Language Acquisition: Model and Methods, edited by Renisa Huxley and E. Ingram, Academic Press, 1971, pp. 3-28.
  • Hymes, Dell. “On Communicative Competence.” Sociolinguistics. Selected Readings, edited by John B. Pride and Janet Holmes, Penguin, 1972, pp. 269-293.
  • Posner, George J., and Alan N. Rudnitsky. Course Design: A Guide to Curriculum Development for Teachers. 7th ed., Pearson Education Inc., 2006.
  • Şallı-Çopur, Deniz. “A Quest to Improve the Undergraduate TEYL Course: A Case Study.” IATEFL TTEd SIG Conference Projecting onto Teaching Young Learners, 20-21 September 2013. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey.
  • UNESCO Preparatory Commission. Conference for the Establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. 1-16 November 1945. Fifth Plenary Meeting, Document Code ECO/CONF/29, 1946, https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000117626. Accessed 3 May 2021.
  • Wagner, Manuela., et al. Teaching intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice. Multilingual Matters, 2018.
  • White, Ronald V. The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Management. Basil Blackwell, 1988.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Language Studies, Other Fields of Education
Journal Section Articles
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Deniz Şallı Çopur 0000-0001-6378-2925

Publication Date December 26, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021

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APA Şallı Çopur, D. (2021). Integrating Intercultural Communicative Competence into Teacher Education for Young Learners. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 15(2), 330-347. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1047509

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