“Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries

Studies in Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) has been extensively investigated by numerous experts in the last decade. Some models and approaches have been constructed to the purposes of developing individuals’ competency in intercultural communication context. However, some problems occu...

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Main Authors: Ella Yuzar, Rahmiaty, Fadhlur Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Udayana 2022-05-01
Series:Lingual
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Online Access:https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/languange/article/view/81513/44484
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description Studies in Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) has been extensively investigated by numerous experts in the last decade. Some models and approaches have been constructed to the purposes of developing individuals’ competency in intercultural communication context. However, some problems occurred due to cultural discrepancy. The purpose of this study is to explore strategies being used by Indonesian postgraduates’ students who were undertaking their master and doctoral programs in English speaking countries to be inter-culturally and communicatively competent. Interviews session (adopted from Fantini’s conceptual framework) with sixteen Indonesian students have been conducted to scrutinise their personal experienced and awareness in intercultural communication setting. Despite the fact that the existences of cultural diversity in inner circle countries, Indonesian students have attempted to exposure more in intercultural interaction. They converged themselves with other international students as well as with the domestic studentsin the international community. From a critical perspective, this study suggested that Indonesian students should attempt to shift out from their ‘very own’ circle. Equally significant, to be more open to initiate deeper conversation and involve in a more interactive, intercultural communication settings, with other students from different countries.
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spelling doaj.art-0930e777d60f48f08c766a11f8c0ee3f2022-12-22T03:27:00ZengUniversitas UdayanaLingual2527-67192022-05-011311826https://doi.org/10.24843/LJLC.2022.v13.i01.p02“Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle CountriesElla Yuzar0Rahmiaty1Fadhlur Rahman2State Islamic Institute of LangsaState Islamic Institute of LhokseumaweState Islamic Institute of LhokseumaweStudies in Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) has been extensively investigated by numerous experts in the last decade. Some models and approaches have been constructed to the purposes of developing individuals’ competency in intercultural communication context. However, some problems occurred due to cultural discrepancy. The purpose of this study is to explore strategies being used by Indonesian postgraduates’ students who were undertaking their master and doctoral programs in English speaking countries to be inter-culturally and communicatively competent. Interviews session (adopted from Fantini’s conceptual framework) with sixteen Indonesian students have been conducted to scrutinise their personal experienced and awareness in intercultural communication setting. Despite the fact that the existences of cultural diversity in inner circle countries, Indonesian students have attempted to exposure more in intercultural interaction. They converged themselves with other international students as well as with the domestic studentsin the international community. From a critical perspective, this study suggested that Indonesian students should attempt to shift out from their ‘very own’ circle. Equally significant, to be more open to initiate deeper conversation and involve in a more interactive, intercultural communication settings, with other students from different countries.https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/languange/article/view/81513/44484intercultural communicative competence (icc)cultural discrepancyindonesian studentsinternational studentsinner circle
spellingShingle Ella Yuzar
Rahmiaty
Fadhlur Rahman
“Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries
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intercultural communicative competence (icc)
cultural discrepancy
indonesian students
international students
inner circle
title “Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries
title_full “Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries
title_fullStr “Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries
title_full_unstemmed “Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries
title_short “Am I Being Rude” Exploring Indonesian Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Inner Circle Countries
title_sort am i being rude exploring indonesian students intercultural communicative competence in inner circle countries
topic intercultural communicative competence (icc)
cultural discrepancy
indonesian students
international students
inner circle
url https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/languange/article/view/81513/44484
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