A Critical Stance on the Approach to Intercultural Competence in the Common European Framework of Reference

• Authors: Piątkowska Katarzyna , Strugielska Ariadna

Title variants

PL

Krytyczne spojrzenie na podejście do kompetencji interkulturowej w Europejskim Systemie Opisu Kształcenia Językowego

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In 2001 the Council of Europe recommended the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) with a view to enhancing intercultural education, one of its central goals, in the context of foreign language teaching. Sixteen years later a new proposal of the Framework appeared with the aim to adjust the document to better prepare learners for intercultural communication. The article analyzes the perspectives on intercultural competence (IC) in the CEFR (2001, 2017) and stresses the need for a more consistent and up-to-date approach to the concept.

PL

W 2001 Rada Europy opublikowała Europejski System Opisu Kształcenia Językowego (ESOKJ), którego jednym z głównych celów jest wzmocnienie edukacji interkulturowej w nauczania języków obcych. Szesnaście lat później pojawiła się nowa propozycja ESOKJ, która stawia sobie za cel lepsze przygotowanie uczących się do komunikacji interkulturowej. Niniejszy artykuł analizuje podejście do kompetencji interkulturowej w ESOKJ (2001, 2017) i podkreśla potrzebę bardziej spójnej i zaktualizowanej perspektywy.

Keywords

EN

intercultural competence; the Common European Framework of Reference

PL

kompetencja interkulturowa; Europejski System Opisu Kształcenia Językowego

• Publisher: Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Socjolingwistyka
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 32
• Pages: 233–246

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Piątkowska Katarzyna

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń

author

Strugielska Ariadna

• Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17651/SOCJOLING.32.14