Task 4 was about ICC or Intercultural Communicative Comepetence: why did I wrote the word Incompetence as a title for this post? Well... After five years spent studying foreign languages and cultures I thought I would have had something similar to Intercultural competence! But, as I found out while answering the questionnaire, I really don't possess that specific competence!
What I mean is not that I am totally unaware of the differences between two or more cultures, on the contrary! As a matter of facts my levels of awareness and attitude are good, even though I didn't always consider Level III (Professional) and Level IV (Intercultural/Multicultural Specialist) because I don't have working experiences abroad, nor I have made an Erasmus project.
What surprises me more is the enormous difference between Intercultural Skills or Knowledge and Language Proficiencies! I mean, my Intercultural Knowlegde is insignificant, while I think to be good enough in speaking!
I don't feel very happy about the results... It seems to me that all the years spent on books were unuseful! But I must admit that before doing my ICC test I have never seriously thought about what really Intercultural Competence is and how much important it is! So, as we Italian say, non tutto il male vien per nuocere! It's not too late to improve and to acquire this new tool that can help us to know different people and to respect them as much as possible!
Anna
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