Tanta, Sena <br/><br/>
AN ASSESSMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF EFL LEARNERS / 
SENA TANTA; SUPERVISOR: ASSOC. PROF. DR. BEHBOOD MOHAMMADZADEH 
 - 48 sheets;  31 cm.  Includes CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research English Language Teaching Department 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (sheets 41-44) 
<br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/>Language teachers who specialize in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) are <br/>aware that cultural influences also play a part in language learning. Ho (2009) <br/>highlights that, it is difficult to separate culture and language, and ICC must be <br/>included in the language teaching process. Learners who lack cultural understanding <br/>may have some issues like misunderstanding, miscommunication, disharmony and<br/>communication conflicts in intercultural settings. This reveals how understanding <br/>cultural norms and expectations is just as important for effective communication as <br/>language proficiency when dealing with individuals from different cultural <br/>backgrounds.As a result, the importance of intercultural communication and the <br/>incorporation of cultural components into language teaching have become widely <br/>recognized, resulting in significant changes in foreign language education. <br/>This research will be beneficial to focus on the levels of intercultural communicative <br/>competence (ICC) of preparatory school English learners at a Northern Cyprus <br/>university. It aims to examine the ICC scores of English learners and analyse if there <br/>is any significant difference in terms of nationality, mother tongue and gender. This <br/>research was organized in a quantitative method research design. Quantitative data was <br/>collected with ICC questionnaire. ICC questionnaire is composed of four factors; <br/>skills, attitude, awareness and knowledge. When the scores of participants were <br/>analysed in terms of each factor, it was found that there is no significant difference <br/>between the certain variables and ICC skills, attitudes, awareness and knowledge <br/>scores, except the awareness scores of the participants in terms of nationality. The <br/>average of intercultural communicative awareness scores of Africans is 2.72, while the <br/>average of intercultural communicative awareness scores of Asians is 3.17.<br/>Keywords: Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Communicative Competence, <br/>Language and Culture 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intercultural communication--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Language and culture--Dissertations, Academic