A competência comunicativa intercultural e o cinema contemporâneo no ensino de letras estrangeiras

Abstract

In our contemporary society, we have been facing with contexts involving the need of having skills that go beyond language proficiency level when relating with people from other cultures, but skills which include motivation, respect and efficient behavior within contexts with different cultures. For this reason, we have considered the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) a key-word for these interactions, from the theorists Edward Hall (1959; 1966; 1976; 1988; 1990) and Bennett (1993; 2008), among others. Therefore, we sought to comprehend, within the Foreign Language Teaching context, how to develop this competency, in authors, such as Kramsch (1993; 2005) and Byram (1997; 1998; 2001; 2002). In this scope, we relied in the contemporary cinema under an intercultural angle, with França and Lopes (2010), Mishan (2005), apart from other researchers, as authentic material for two purposes: as an object of study, in which we analyzed movie scenes showing the manifestation of the ICC’s skills; and second, as a practical tool for foreign language classroom. This research presents the importance for teachers, learners and people in general to seek their own development to become an intercultural learner and speaker.