On problems of intercultural dialogue among culturally diverse students [Articol]

Abstract

Lessons of a foreign language are primarily designed to establish and develop communicative competences in the target language, but they are also a good opportunity to teach social, personal, interpersonal and intercultural skills. As people are characterized by cognitive complexity perceive the world in a multivariate way, the author of the research focuses her attention to students’ intercultural awareness because it is the cognitive dimension of intercultural communication competence and it refers to a person's ability to understand similarities and differences of others' cultures.