Affiliation:
1. Cooperative State University Baden-Wuerttemberg Mosbach, Germany
2. University of Education Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract
An ever-faster developing globalization of our world brings many changes with it and poses a variety of challenges for human society. Accordingly, living and working in today's times also bring new demands for institutionalized education all around the world. This chapter will give a detailed insight into the undeniable significance of intercultural competence and its place within foreign language education due to these developments. Following this, the discordant state of defining intercultural competence and agreeing on a common model will be explained, while also providing viable solutions to these challenges. Finally, ways of assessing this complex construct are discussed, aiming for a pragmatic approach usable especially in the foreign language classroom.
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