Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Arabic as a Foreign Language Classrooms (Topics in Arabic Applied Linguistics)

Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Arabic as a Foreign Language Classrooms explores intercultural communicative competence (ICC) as a core objective of contemporary foreign language education, with a sustained focus on Arabic as a Foreign Language. Bringing together theoretical, critical, and pedagogical perspectives, the book traces the evolution of communicative competence from its linguistic origins to intercultural and genre-based reconceptualization, engaging with major models, debates, and enduring theory-practice tensions in the field.A distinctive feature of the volume is its emphasis on the pedagogical operationalization of ICC.Drawing on classroom-based research, the chapters demonstrate how ICC principles can be integrated into instructional planning, materials development, classroom interaction, telecollaboration, and textbook design.Particular attention is given to the linguacultural specificities of Arabic, including the relationship between Modern Stand