EFL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR PRACTICES OF INTEGRATING CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE INTO THEIR LANGUAGE CLASSROOM TEACHING

Abstract

This study examines high school teachers’ perceptions of their current practices in
teaching cultural contents and intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in the
Vietnamese context. The research focuses on the teachers’ perceptions of their practices of
teaching knowledge of culture and ICC to the high school students by means of their report.
The study was conducted with the participation of 60 EFL high school teachers from Mekong
Delta region using the questionnaire. For qualitative data, 06 participants were interviewed
to gain further information about the ways that the teachers used to teach these contents in
their teaching settings. The findings provide valuable insights into establishing ICC in highschool EFL teachers and serve as a reference for future research