Speaker
Description
Plenary Session
Naoko Taguchi
This plenary talk discusses challenges and perspectives of promoting intercultural learning in higher education. I will first present a review of the current literature on definitions and theoretical frameworks of intercultural competence. Then, I will present my on-going research tracing students’ development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in an English-medium university in Japan. Based on the findings, I will conclude my talk with future directions of ICC research.
Summary
This plenary talk discusses challenges and perspectives of promoting intercultural learning in higher education. I will first present a review of the current literature on definitions and theoretical frameworks of intercultural competence. Then, I will present my on-going research tracing students’ development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in an English-medium university in Japan. Based on the findings, I will conclude my talk with future directions of ICC research.
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