The interview as a measure of cultural competence: a case study  

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Morgan, Carol

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Culture and Curriculum (Full Text) vol. 9 no. 3 (1996), page 224-242.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LCC/9 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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A set of native French speakers' student interviews undertaken during a project encompassing the teaching of cultural awareness at Upper Secondary level, has been analysed to assess the students' cultural competence. The main differences between students' performances was the level of inter-activeness or ability to build from the interviewee's responses rather than interviewing from a pre-programmed agenda. Three different levels of competence are identified: limited, adequate and high, depending on the interviewer's responsiveness. These levels do not depend on the student's linguistic ability but rather on the ability to understand contexts from another point of view. The manner of interviewing appropriate to the interviewee's culture is not considered and would need to be supported by quite different kinds of research and teaching. The student in the interviews takes responsibility for the content, organisation and style of the interview and does not follow a blind pre-set schedule. The pattern followed in oral proficiency interviews (where linguistic skill is measured) is reversed with student as interviewer and native speaker as interviewee. Quite different styles of interviewing seemed to be successful. The key factor was the student interviewer's ability to listen sensitively and respond appropriately, a key competence in cultural understanding.

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