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TEACHING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN EFL 
CLASSROOM 
Rakhmatova N. 
Rakhmatova N.
TEACHING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN EFL CLASSROOM 
Rakhmatova Nargiza – Teacher, 
DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
UZBEK STATE UNIVERSITY OF WORLD LANGUAGES,
TASHKENT, REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN 
 
Abstract: 
this article is devoted to teaching intercultural competence in EFL classroom. 
Foreign language learning is comprised of grammatical competence, communicative 
competence, language proficiency and cultural competence. Cultural competence is the 
knowledge of the conventions, customs, beliefs, and systems of meaning of another country. 
Keywords
: culture, EFL, ICC, sociocultural competence, cross-cultural concepts. 
Language and culture are inseparable. Culture is the foundation of communication. 
Language itself makes no sense and has no meaning outside the cultural setting in which it 
is spoken. In the EFL teaching, great attention should be paid to teaching culture of the 
target language as well as to teaching linguistic knowledge so that learners’ intercultural 
communicative competence (ICC) can be enhanced. Foreign language teachers should be 
culture teachers [1, P.34]. As learners learn about language, they learn about culture and as 
they learn to use a new language, they learn to communicate with other individuals from a 
new culture. The ability to communicate successfully with native speakers depends not only 
on language skills but also on comprehension of cultural habits and expectations. In the