Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence

<p>Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Communication: An International Investigation reports on a study that focused on teachers' beliefs regarding intercultural competence teaching in foreign language education. Its conclusions are based on data collected in a quantitative comparative study that comprises questionnaire answers received from teachers in seven countries: Belgium Bulgaria Poland Mexico Greece Spain and Sweden. It not only creates new knowledge on the variability and relative consistency of today's foreign language teachers' views regarding intercultural competence teaching in a number of countries but also gives us a picture that is both more concrete and more comprehensive than previously known.</p>