Issues of Intercultural Communication in English Language Teaching

Jankova Alagjozovska, Natka (2021) Issues of Intercultural Communication in English Language Teaching. Book of Proceedings 4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities. ISSN 978-608-4868-16-3

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Abstract

The increased globalization of the economy and the interaction of different cultures was a reason for the concept of world culture to emerge. It is an idea that traditional barriers among people of different cultures will break down the traditional barriers among people. Intercultural communication takes place between nations and governments rather than individual to individual and it is quite formal and ritualized. Thus successful communication depends on shared cultural norms. The concept of interculturalization emphasizes communication as the primary goal of language learning, sees culture and language as closely linked; recognizes that culture is always present when language is used, sees cultural skills as important as language skills in language learning. When the communication takes place between people of different cultures and they share a common language, things can certainly go wrong. Moreover speaking the language does not mean that you have the background knowledge that native speakers assume you have. The issues of IC such as barriers in communication, stereotypes, ethnocentrism, culture shock and conflicts will be discussed in this study in terms of English language teaching.
Key words: intercultural communication, ELT, globalization, foreign language, teaching.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Natka Alagozovska
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2022 13:31
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2022 13:31
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29324

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