Towards an Interculturally-based Syllabus to Develop English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Intercultural Communicative Competence The Case of Second Year Students of English at Sheikh Larbi Tebessi University–Tebessa

Vers un programme interculturel pour développer la compétence communicative interculturelle des apprenants d’anglais comme langue étrangère. Le cas des étudiants de deuxième année à l’Université Cheikh Larbi Tebessi – Tebessa

Authors

  • Souhaila FARES Department of English-University of Abbas Laghrour-Khenchela |Algeria
  • Nassira BOUDERSA Department of English-ENS-Assia Djebar-Constantine| Algeria

Keywords:

Intercultural Communicative Competence, English as a Foreign Language, the intercultural dimension, ethnocentric-based intercultural syllabus.

Abstract

This study addresses the embodiment of the intercultural dimension through an interculturally-based syllabus. A quasi-experiment was conducted on a sample of 66 English as a foreign language second-year students at Sheikh Larbi Tebessi University during the academic year 2022-2023. The control and the experiment groups received a pre and a post-test to examine students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence development. The results revealed that implementing an ethnocentric-based intercultural syllabus was effective in developing Algerian EFL learners’ ICC. In light of the key findings, recommendations are, hence, advanced.

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Published

2024-06-30

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FARES, S., & BOUDERSA, N. (2024). Towards an Interculturally-based Syllabus to Develop English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Intercultural Communicative Competence The Case of Second Year Students of English at Sheikh Larbi Tebessi University–Tebessa: Vers un programme interculturel pour développer la compétence communicative interculturelle des apprenants d’anglais comme langue étrangère. Le cas des étudiants de deuxième année à l’Université Cheikh Larbi Tebessi – Tebessa. The Algerian Journal of Letters, 8(2), 274–289. Retrieved from https://journals.univ-temouchent.edu.dz/index.php/RAL/article/view/436

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024): Journal writing and knowledge elaboration

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