Investigating Intercultural Effectiveness of High and Low Academic Achievers

Abstract

We aimed basically, through this paper, to investigate the extent to which academic achievement may contribute to developing the students’ intercultural effectiveness. To attain such an aim, we selected the intercultural effectiveness scale as the research tool. It was addressed to sixty third year students of English in the Department of English at Constantine University, divided into two groups according to their high or low academic achievement in English for measuring particular capacities and skills viewed as indispensable components in a culturally diverse environment. The analysis of the data gathered has showed that students with high academic achievement are more interculturally effective than students with low academic achievement.

Keywords

• language and culture
• intercultural competence
• intercultural effectiveness
• intercultural effectiveness scale
• academic achievement