Intercultural competence of first year students of English at
the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University: a report of
research

J 2016

Intercultural competence of first year students of English at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University: a report of research

ZERZOVÁ, Jana

Basic information

Original name

Intercultural competence of first year students of English at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University: a report of research

Name in Czech

Interkulturní kompetence studentů angličtiny v prvním ročníku na Pedagogické fakultě Masarykovy univerzity: zpráva z výzkumu

Authors

ZERZOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

JoLaCe Journal of Language and Cultural Education, BERLIN, WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2016, 1339-4045

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50300 5.3 Education

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/16:00090381

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2016-0013

UT WoS

000381752000001

Keywords (in Czech)

interkulturní kompetence; nástroje pro měření interkulturní kompetence; Intercultural Development Inventory®; The IDI® - version 3; studenti angličtiny; studenti prvního ročníku

Keywords in English

intercultural competence; assessment tools of intercultural competence; Intercultural Development Inventory®; The IDI® - version 3; students of English; first year students

Abstract

V originále

The article presents the initial stage of research conducted at the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University in Brno. The aim of the research is to examine the departmental students' intercultural competence (IC) at the beginning of their studies (autumn 2011), compare it with their level of IC at the end of their studies (autumn 2016) and investigate the influences that played a role in their IC development. In this paper, only the initial stage of the research is presented, i.e. examining the students' IC at the beginning of the studies. The Intercultural Development Inventory®, version 3, was used for the purposes of the research. Since this instrument is not currently being used for academic or corporate purposes in the Czech (or Slovak) Republic, a secondary aim of the article is to introduce it to the wider academic community. The results indicate that students tend to overestimate their level of IC, and find themselves in ethnocentric stages of intercultural development at the beginning of their university studies.

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ZERZOVÁ, Jana. Intercultural competence of first year students of English at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University: a report of research. JoLaCe Journal of Language and Cultural Education. BERLIN: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2016, vol. 4, No 2, p. 3-26. ISSN 1339-4045. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2016-0013.

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