Towards a unified, socio-cognitive approach to language-mediated intercultural competence
Towards a unified, socio-cognitive approach to language-mediated intercultural competence

Summary/Abstract: Very few intercultural competence (IC) models include language, and those that do so portray the notion in an inconsonant manner. Nonetheless, research shows that language assures successful intercultural communication. Thus, this article stresses the need for a unified socio-cognitive approach which will introduce common and solid foundations for the role and nature of both language and IC. The article demonstrates that such an integrated framework, built on a reappraised notion of language, helps to overcome numerous dichotomies within IC models and leads to the emergence of a unified approach to language-mediated IC.

• Details
• Contents