An investigation into developing students'intercultural communicative competence through Facebook:The case of the first year master students of english,Mohammed Seddik Ben-Yahia University,Jijel

Abstract

Also, an interview has been conducted with seven teachers, three of them teaching oral expression, two teaching literary text, and two teaching civilization. The findings show that both students and teachers are aware of the role Facebook plays in fostering learners intercultural communicative competence. To put it concisely, the research hypothesis was confirmed. However, results also show that the majority of learners, unlike teachers, are frustrated from Facebook use especially for their intercultural communicative competence enhancement, for they think that it is a danger for losing one s own culture. This calls for further research.