Intercultural Communicative Competence

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Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) refers to the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately when encountering people of other languages and cultures. Today ICC is a vital ability for every person who wants to communicate with others and learn new science. So, the present study tried to examine the relationship between ICC and the reading comprehension ability of Iranian University students. After the homogenization process, 77 male and female learners were selected as participants of this study. They were asked to answer an ICC questionnaire and then take one reading comprehension test consisting of texts with background from the English (L2) culture. Correlation coefficients between the questionnaire and reading comprehension …show more content…

In order for the reader to understand the intended meaning in a text or passage, they need an intercultural communicative competence (ICC). In addition, intercultural communicative competence (ICC), refers o ability understand people from another culture and understanding believes, thought, notions and exchange information with them. For example: understanding gestures, customs. Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is defined as ability to encounter well with people of another country and culture by using a foreign …show more content…

In Byram’s (1997) view, language (linguistic competence), understanding the culture, and identity are important part of intercultural communicative competence. According to him in explanation of intercultural communicative competence, the effect of society and gestures in communication should be considered. In his view intercultural competence has these essential parts: intercultural attitudes, knowledge, skills (skills of interpreting and relating and skills of discovery and interaction), and values (perspectives, of one’s own and other cultures).
According to Fantini (2010) intercultural communicative competence is a compound of various abilities which is used for effective and appropriate communication with people who are in linguistic and cultural different from us. Another study was conducted by Byram and Risager (1999), in Denmark and Britain revealed that despite the essential role of intercultural competence in language and language learning, there isn’t any standard or good plan to incorporate it language

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