TOWARDS INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE: MODELS AND FRAMEWORKS FOR DEVELOPING ESOL LEARNERS’ INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN IRELAND
Without the study of culture, second language acquisition is not complete (Kramsch, 1993). Teaching about culture raises the learners’ awareness of the target culture and compares it with the home culture, providing an intercultural competence (Ibid). Due to the growing number of immigrants in Irela...
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| Language: | English |
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Informascope
2018-07-01
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| Series: | International Online Journal of Education and Teaching |
| Online Access: | http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/453 |