The Need for Integrating Authentic Audio-Visual Materials to Develop Intercultural Communicative Competence

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2017
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Université Mohamed BOUDIAF-M’Sila
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Abstract Fostering students’ intercultural communicative competence is a process that has intrigued researchers for so many years. This study attempts to shed light on some issues related to the integration of authentic audio-visual material in foreign language teaching to promote students’ intercultural communicative competence.The research method of this research is descriptive. Thus, the data were collected by administering a questionnaire to a randomly selected (184) second-yearEnglish students at Batna-2 University and an interview with (08) teachers from the same department. The results indicated that both students and teachers at English department have positive attitudes towards the integration of authentic audio-visual material to promote students’ intercultural communicative competence. Résumé Le développent de la compétence communicative interculturelle a toujours attiré les chercheurs en domaine de l’acquisition de la langage étrangère. A travers cette étude on a essayé de discuter quelques issues reliés à l’intégration du matériel pédagogique audio-visuels pour promouvoir la compétence en question des étudiants. Les résultats obtenus à travers l’échantillon d’enseignants et d’étudiants au département de la langue et littérature anglaise nous démontrent les attitudes positive de l’intégration de ces outils pédagogiques .
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