THE INTERCULTURAL SPEAKER’S COMPETENCES
THE INTERCULTURAL SPEAKER’S COMPETENCES

Summary/Abstract: This article is a plea for the introduction of the intercultural approach in teaching Romanian for foreigners. It is important both for the awareness of cultural differences and for the acquisition of intercultural communication competence. In the European linguistic area this competence holds an important place in teaching modern languages. The work approaches concepts such as intercultural communication, intercultural speaker and intercultural communication competence. The method used is the focus group, which allowed for data collection regarding foreign students’ perceptions of the communication with native students and of intercultural speaker’s competences. The article analyses foreign students’ attitudes in the communicative act with Romanian students from the perspective of an intercultural context.”

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