Intercultural Competence in Theroy and Practice of Language Teaching

Intercultural competence,another term for cross-cultural competence,actuallly,has a confusing defination,as it has been searched by a wide variety of acdemic approaches and professional fields.In general,intercultural competence is a part of communication competence,and it refers to a kind of ability to communicate successfully with people of other cultures.As TESOL teachers,who would be seen as intercultural speakers or mediators,they should bring the concept of intercultual competence to the language classroom and culture teaching.