An Investigation on Intercultural Communicative Competence’s Integration Into Textbooks; Language Instructors’ Perspectives

The purpose of this study is to discover the perceptions of language instructors who teach English at the School of Foreign Languages, Gazi University, about textbooks’ content in terms of ICC. The present study is based on the analysis of language instructors’ perspectives gathered through a questionnaire in 2012- 2013 academic year. The data were obtained by conducting ‘Teaching Materials Evaluation Guide’ with 20 items. As a result of the present research, it was found that language instructors think textbook series of English for Life is not sufficient to enhance language learners’ intercultural competence through its content. Concerning the components of Intercultural Communicative Competence, the results of sections which are related with attitudes, knowledge and intercultural awareness indicate that language instructors believe sub-dimensions of ICC are not included in the units of the textbooks.