문화간 의사소통 능력 신장 프로그램 개발 - 초등영어교육을 중심으로

Development of a program for increasing intercultural communicative competence : In primary English education

  The purpose of the study is to develop a program based on intercultural communication theory for primary English education. The concept of English as a world language implies that English teaching should develop learners" intercultural sensitivity. The discipline of intercultural communication(IC) has made great progress in helping us to understand the nature of such intercultural exchanges. The aim of IC is to help learners analyze, reflect upon and interpret foreign cultural phenomena when using the language in contact with foreign nationals since it is not the meeting of cultures but the meeting of individuals in "third cultures" where boundaries are states of mind and individuals are positioned "at the intersection of multiple social roles and individual choices". Although English education in Korea has tried to follow the current teaching method which is communicative approach, there are not many opportunities to engage in multiple discourses in international and other social settings. This study emphasizes the necessity of increasing intercultural communicative competence starting in primary English education and provides a program to increase students" intercultural communicative competence through English education.