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

Şerife Demircioğlu, Cemal Çakır

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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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Intercultural communicative competence, intercultural communication, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

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