Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad

Volume: 11 Number: 1 June 1, 2015
  • Şerife Demircioğlu
  • Cemal Çakır
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Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad

Abstract

The study explores the opinions and attitudes of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) English language teachers from Turkey, the USA, the UK, New Zealand and Spain on intercultural language teaching. 16 teachers from Turkey, 15 teachers from the USA, 11 teachers from the UK, 10 teachers from New Zealand and 8 teachers from Spain, in total 60 English language teachers participated in the study. An online research survey which consists of seven open-ended questions was prepared. Textual (content) analysis and the constant comparative method were used for the analysis of the research survey. The IBDP English language teachers from Turkey, the USA, the UK, New Zealand and Spain found intercultural language teaching very important in the globalization world and they thought that intercultural communicative competence (ICC) ought to be given a good deal of emphasis in foreign language teaching.

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Authors

Şerife Demircioğlu This is me

Cemal Çakır This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2015

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June 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 11 Number: 1

APA
Demircioğlu, Ş., & Çakır, C. (2015). Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 11(1), 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY
AMA
1.Demircioğlu Ş, Çakır C. Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2015;11(1):15-32. https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY
Chicago
Demircioğlu, Şerife, and Cemal Çakır. 2015. “Intercultural Competence of English Language Teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and Abroad”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 11 (1): 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY.
EndNote
Demircioğlu Ş, Çakır C (June 1, 2015) Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 11 1 15–32.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Demircioğlu and C. Çakır, “Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 15–32, June 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY
ISNAD
Demircioğlu, Şerife - Çakır, Cemal. “Intercultural Competence of English Language Teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and Abroad”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 11/1 (June 1, 2015): 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY.
JAMA
1.Demircioğlu Ş, Çakır C. Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2015;11:15–32.
MLA
Demircioğlu, Şerife, and Cemal Çakır. “Intercultural Competence of English Language Teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and Abroad”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2015, pp. 15-32, https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY.
Vancouver
1.Şerife Demircioğlu, Cemal Çakır. Intercultural competence of English language teachers in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Turkey and abroad. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies [Internet]. 2015 Jun. 1;11(1):15-32. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA39DD87GY