TY  - JOUR
TI  - The role of ıntercultural competence in foreign language teaching
AB  - In recent years there has been a growing interest in the cultural dimension of foreign language education, andteachers today are expected to promote the acquisition of intercultural competence in their learners. Thus, thepresent study aims to investigate the opinions and attitudes of Turkish teachers of English on interculturalcompetence teaching and to see how and to what extent these opinions and attitudes are reflected in theirclassroom applications. Data were collected from 503 EFL teachers by means of a questionnaire. Thefindings have revealed that language teachers seem to be aware of the role of the culture in foreign languageeducation though they do not often integrate culture into their teaching in order to develop interculturalcompetence in their learners.
AU  - ÇAMLIBEL ACAR, ZEYNEP CUMHUR
AU  - Kurt, Gokce
AU  - KAŞLIOĞLU, ÖZLEM
AU  - Atay, Derin
AU  - ERSİN, PINAR
PY  - 2009
JO  - İnönü Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SN  - 1300-2899
SP  - 123
EP  - 135
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/136938
ER  -