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Mousa Ahmadian

Mousa Ahmadian

Academic rank: Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-8737
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 37053495200
HIndex:
Faculty: Literature and Languages
Address: Arak University
Phone: 086-33135111

Research

Title
Exploring In-Service EFL Teachers’ Cognitions and Practices in Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Mixed-Methods Study in the Iranian Context
Type
Thesis
Keywords
Cognition, Experienced Teachers, Intercultural Communicative Competence, Novice Teachers
Year
2024
Researchers Mousa Ahmadian(PrimaryAdvisor)، Majid Amerian(Advisor)، Ashraf Sadat Hosseyni(Student)

Abstract

Teachers as the backbone of education need to commit themselves to expanding their perception, sensitivity, and awareness toward intercultural communicative competence (ICC). By taking full advantages of mixed methods, this research examines if novice and experienced EFL teachers’ cognitions differ in ICC teaching. Using purposive sampling, a group of 153 EFL teachers of both genders were chosen to take part in the quantitative phase containing a Likert scale questionnaire developed by Gong (2018). Among them, 15 teachers consented to be part of the qualitative stage of the study comprising an in depth interview. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using statistical and thematic methods, respectively. The results indicated that the cognition of ICC among Iranian EFL teachers, whether experienced or novice, did not differ significantly. It was also revealed that both experienced and novice teachers had relatively high perception of ICC which impacted their practices. Possible implications are discussed in the final section.