An investigation of ELT students' intercultural communicative competence in relation to linguistic proficiency, overseas experience and formal instruction

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-817

  Hismanoglu, Murat ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Formal education; Intercultural communicative competence; Linguistic proficiency; Target culture experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355181079     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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