Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
İNÖED 1st International Conference, Ankara, Türkiye, 27 - 29 Mayıs 2022, ss.45
Only having linguistic competence does not adequately meet the needs of a successful communication in today’s global village. With Byram’s (1997) “Intercultural Communicative Competence” (ICC), the success of interaction can be accomplished through an effective exchange of information within the dimensions of knowledge, attitude, the skills of discovery, skills of interpreting and relating, and critical cultural awareness. Despite the consensus of the significance of ICC in English Language Teaching field, there are certain gaps on the actual in-class practices of ICC. This situation may hint the deficiency in teacher education in ELT departments. Bridging the gaps, the aim of this study is to examine the role of ICC in the curriculum in ELT departments in Turkey; the extend of ICC inclusion in the departments, and the learning outcomes, goals and objectives of the courses regarding ICC. Fulfilling the aim, this qualitative study explored seven ELT curricula of universities from seven different regions of Turkey to address the nationwide situation of ELT departments. Preliminary findings suggest that the universities lack of courses related to ICC; only a few courses are must courses, the other elective courses are not available all the time since they are opened only in case of quorum for the course. In addition, the courses are directly related to raising interculturally competent individuals rather than teaching ICC dimension.