Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian Context

Teachers as the backbone of education need to commit themselves to expanding their perception, sensitivity, and awareness toward intercultural communicative competence (ICC). By taking full advantages of mixed methods, this research examines if novice and experienced EFL teachers’ cognitions di...

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Main Authors: Ashraf Sadat Hosseyni, Moussa Ahmadian, Majid Amerian
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Language:English
Published: Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, 2024-08-01
Series:Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies
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Online Access:https://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_3296_4d2abc5c241f04163d626f090b11f107.pdf
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description Teachers as the backbone of education need to commit themselves to expanding their perception, sensitivity, and awareness toward intercultural communicative competence (ICC). By taking full advantages of mixed methods, this research examines if novice and experienced EFL teachers’ cognitions differ in ICC teaching. Using purposive sampling, a group of 153 EFL teachers of both genders were chosen to take part in the quantitative phase containing a Likert scale questionnaire developed by Gong (2018). Among them, 15 teachers consented to be part of the qualitative stage of the study comprising an indepth interview. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using statistical and thematic methods, respectively. The results indicated that the cognition of ICC among Iranian EFL teachers, whether experienced or novice, did not differ significantly. It was also revealed that both experienced and novice teachers had relatively high perception of ICC which impacted their practices. Possible implications are discussed in the final section
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spelling doaj-art-b59ec344957a4dc29d84831317d8372c2025-08-20T02:00:22ZengImam Khomeini International University, Qazvin,Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies2676-53572024-08-0111412114710.30479/jmrels.2024.19354.2265Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian ContextAshraf Sadat Hosseyni0Moussa Ahmadian1Majid Amerian2Department of English Language and Literature. Arak University, Arak, IranDepartment of English Language and Literature, Arak UniversityEnglish language department. Literature and humanities faculty. Arak University. Arak. IranTeachers as the backbone of education need to commit themselves to expanding their perception, sensitivity, and awareness toward intercultural communicative competence (ICC). By taking full advantages of mixed methods, this research examines if novice and experienced EFL teachers’ cognitions differ in ICC teaching. Using purposive sampling, a group of 153 EFL teachers of both genders were chosen to take part in the quantitative phase containing a Likert scale questionnaire developed by Gong (2018). Among them, 15 teachers consented to be part of the qualitative stage of the study comprising an indepth interview. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using statistical and thematic methods, respectively. The results indicated that the cognition of ICC among Iranian EFL teachers, whether experienced or novice, did not differ significantly. It was also revealed that both experienced and novice teachers had relatively high perception of ICC which impacted their practices. Possible implications are discussed in the final sectionhttps://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_3296_4d2abc5c241f04163d626f090b11f107.pdfcognitionexperienced teachersintercultural communicative competencenovice teachers
spellingShingle Ashraf Sadat Hosseyni
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experienced teachers
intercultural communicative competence
novice teachers
title Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian Context
title_full Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian Context
title_fullStr Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian Context
title_full_unstemmed Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian Context
title_short Experienced and Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices on Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in Iranian Context
title_sort experienced and novice efl teachers cognition and practices on intercultural communicative competence a mixed methods study in iranian context
topic cognition
experienced teachers
intercultural communicative competence
novice teachers
url https://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_3296_4d2abc5c241f04163d626f090b11f107.pdf
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