A Study on Turkish as a Foreign Language Learners’ Intercultural Communicative Competence of Turkish Culture in Turkey

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 358 - 379, 30.06.2019

Aihemaituoheti Wujıabudula

Abstract

This academic article attempted to identify Turkish as a Foreign Language Learners’ Intercultural
Communicative Competence (ICC) in terms of their age, gender, studying at State or Private Turkish
language centres, mother tongue, years of learning Turkish language and TFL learners' overseas
experiences. An Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (Wang, 2016) was adopted. A total of 95 TFL students
participated in our research. Mixed method approach was applied. Research findings revealed that
participants showed a higher degree of ICC. There was no statistically significant difference found as to
participants’ ICC in terms of their gender, age, Turkish proficiency, mother tongue and overseas
experience. “Years of learning Turkish” showed statistically significant differences between groups,
which suggested that participants who have three to four years learning Turkish skill demonstrated the
highest degree of ICC. All statistical findings are reported with tabulation, and pedagogical implications
and discussion were reported.

Keywords

Turkish as a Foreign Language, Turkish Language Learners, Intercultural Communicative Competence.

A Study on Turkish as a Foreign Language Learners’ Intercultural Communicative Competence of Turkish Culture in Turkey

Abstract

Keywords

Turkish as a Foreign Language, Turkish Language Learners, Intercultural Communicative Competence.

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