Reviewing the Developments of the Language Teaching and Learning Aims from the Linguistic Competence to the Intercultural Competence in the Algerian English Foreign Language Classroom

Abstract

In this review paper, the researchers investigate the emergence of the intercultural competence in applied linguistics, namely in the field of the English foreign language teaching and learning. Indeed, being fed from the linguistic theory, in fact, language teaching witnessed revolutionary developments in both the methods of teaching and the content bearing p[resented to language learners. With this idea in mind, it is felt necessary to delve into the multiple chronological developments to review the place of the intercultural competence in the Algerian English foreign language classroom context whose aims is to reach successful modern communication. The emphasis of the current paper is put on the findings dealing with opinions of both the teachers and learners towards linguistic and intercultural theories in language classroom. Moreover, this paper opens perspectives for Algerian researchers to approach the intercultural competence in relation to modern communication with the linguistic theory.