Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach

The study at hand attempts to assess intercultural communicative competence (ICC) level for postgraduate English Foreign Language learners (EFLs) in three Iraqi’s universities, using triangulation methodology in collecting data to fill in the gap of using inaccurate methodologies in assessing ICC.Th...

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Main Authors: Osama Aljamaly, Asst. Prof. Dr. Omar Ali Ilyas
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Language:Arabic
Published: Alnoor University 2025-03-01
Series:مجلة النور للدراسات الانسانية
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Online Access:https://jnfh.alnoor.edu.iq/jnfh/article/view/160
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description The study at hand attempts to assess intercultural communicative competence (ICC) level for postgraduate English Foreign Language learners (EFLs) in three Iraqi’s universities, using triangulation methodology in collecting data to fill in the gap of using inaccurate methodologies in assessing ICC.The study adopted a modified model of Alvino Fantini's (2001) model of intercultural communicative competence. This study will concentrate on two components of ICC: awareness and knowledge. The tools used in this study are intercultural communicative competence questionnaire (ICCQ) which explores how students perceive their intercultural competence (IC), oral proficiency interview (OPI) to test learners’ oral language proficiency, and situational judgment test (SJT) to objectively assess their ICC level. Therefore, the study belongs to mix-method methodology. The sample were thirty postgraduate EFL learners, with 10 individuals from the University of Mosul, 10 from the University of Anbar, and 10 from the Tikrit University and each group of ten is homogeneous in terms of gender. The collected data underwent several statistical analyses to obtain reliable results. The results reveal that the ICC level among postgraduate EFL learners in the three universities is generally low.
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spelling doaj-art-50e46ebd15bc44e788243a23a9ee1d362025-08-20T03:07:28ZaraAlnoor Universityمجلة النور للدراسات الانسانية3007-73463005-50912025-03-013110.69513/jnfh.v3.i1.en2160Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational ApproachOsama Aljamaly0Asst. Prof. Dr. Omar Ali IlyasUniversity of Mosul The study at hand attempts to assess intercultural communicative competence (ICC) level for postgraduate English Foreign Language learners (EFLs) in three Iraqi’s universities, using triangulation methodology in collecting data to fill in the gap of using inaccurate methodologies in assessing ICC.The study adopted a modified model of Alvino Fantini's (2001) model of intercultural communicative competence. This study will concentrate on two components of ICC: awareness and knowledge. The tools used in this study are intercultural communicative competence questionnaire (ICCQ) which explores how students perceive their intercultural competence (IC), oral proficiency interview (OPI) to test learners’ oral language proficiency, and situational judgment test (SJT) to objectively assess their ICC level. Therefore, the study belongs to mix-method methodology. The sample were thirty postgraduate EFL learners, with 10 individuals from the University of Mosul, 10 from the University of Anbar, and 10 from the Tikrit University and each group of ten is homogeneous in terms of gender. The collected data underwent several statistical analyses to obtain reliable results. The results reveal that the ICC level among postgraduate EFL learners in the three universities is generally low.https://jnfh.alnoor.edu.iq/jnfh/article/view/160intercultural communicative competenceculturesituational judgement test
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Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach
مجلة النور للدراسات الانسانية
intercultural communicative competence
culture
situational judgement test
title Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach
title_full Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach
title_fullStr Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach
title_short Assessing Knowledge and Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence Among EFL Postgraduate Learners: A Situational Approach
title_sort assessing knowledge and awareness in intercultural communicative competence among efl postgraduate learners a situational approach
topic intercultural communicative competence
culture
situational judgement test
url https://jnfh.alnoor.edu.iq/jnfh/article/view/160
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