نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 زبانشناسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه تهران، ایران
2 دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی دانشگاه تهران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
With the expansion of global communications, flexibility towards different cultures and the ability to manage intercultural interactions have become particularly important. Language, as the most important means of transmitting culture, requires specialists who are familiar with cultural differences and similarities. The main objective of this study was to investigate the correlation between intercultural competence in Persian language teachers (teaching to non-Persian speakers) and the performance of their Persian language learners. To conduct this research, the Ang (2004) Intercultural Intelligence Questionnaire with four components (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational, and behavioral) was employed. Then, each teacher was asked to provide the grades of their last term’s Persian language learners. The correlation between the questionnaire-derived scores and the average student grades for each teacher was calculated with the Pearson's correlation coefficient formula. The results of this study demonstrated a direct relationship between teachers’ intercultural competence and their teaching quality. In other words, the more teachers were knowledgeable about diverse cultures and respectful toward them, having the motivation in intercultural interaction, being respectful for cultures, incorporating this awareness into their teaching methods and maintaining an open-minded approach in their educational environment, the higher the expected improvement in learning outcomes and grades from students with different cultural backgrounds will be. Furthermore, this study indicated that these teachers exhibited a high level of intercultural competence. At the end of the study, strategies and recommendations were proposed to create an inclusive Persian language classroom environment that embraces cultural diversity instruction and also increases the intercultural intelligence in teachers.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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