Importance of interculturality on foreign language teaching and cultural adaptation)

Abstract

This paper on intercultural communication contains
examples of traditions from diverse cultures and
experiences of international students that illustrate
how the world is understood and the importance of
intercultural education. Nowadays, education must
prepare young people for cultural dialogue, therefore the
objectives of the study were to socialize the importance
of intercultural education in foreign language teaching,
to identify the differences and similarities in a culture
that influence the process of adaptation in different
countries, and to determine the signs and symptoms
of culture shock experienced by international students
in foreign countries. This sociolinguistic research
used interviews and questionnaires with closed and
open-ended questions. As it is a mostly qualitative
investigation, the opinions, experiences, and advice of
the participants recorded in written form allowed the
grouping of the results into three general aspects to be
considered by teachers who teach foreign languages:
the image of the inner world (mental and emotional),
stereotypes, and culture shock. In conclusion, it was
found that the participants did not know the concepts
of interculturality, the variations in the image of the
inner world were significant from one culture to the
other, stereotypes negatively affected intercultural
communication, and the lack of knowledge of the
culture influenced culture shock.