Formarea competenței interculturale a elevilor de liceu în orele de limba engleză

Abstract

This article presents intercultural competence as a key, transversal and integrated competence, which is essential în the context of the globalised XXIth century world. The article highlights plurilingual and pluricultural competence as described in the Common Framework of Reference for Languages and its role in developing the intercultural competence in upper secondary school students. The general competences and the communicative language competences described in the same Common Framework, if enhanced during the English language classes, contribute to developing intercultural competence of high school students. Theater, as an active-participative and experiential method, can be used to develop intercultural competence among upper secondary school students. The article also presents two practical examples of developing the intercultural competence of upper secondary school students through forum theater and newspaper theater.