Another EIL: Teaching English as an Intercultural Language (EIcL)

Abstract

The objective of this papers investigation is to address what English as an intercultural language (EIcL) is and why EIcL needs to be highlighted as a contemporary pedagogic movement of EIL, and then identify what is needed to teach EIcL. This is to claim that EIcL functions to be a contextual factor facilitating success in getting competency/proficiency among the wide variety of Englishes. For this, the paper first delves into the importance of EIcL and some essential features of EIcL. Then it moves on to delineate the core components of EIcL to teach; thus, readers of this article such as the contemporary ELT teachers along with SLA researchers, not to mention ELT examination boards, can benefit.