University of Tabriz Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning 2251-7995 10 21 2018 06 01 The Creation of an Intercultural Learning Experience in EFL Contexts 59 82 17209 EN Parviz Birjandi Professor, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Sarvenaz Khatib Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2017 12 02 The present Study aimed to examine the efficacy of using literary texts in promoting intercultural communication competence, and intercultural awareness and understanding within language teaching contexts. The participants were 50 Iranian undergraduate students of English Literature, 20 male and 30 female, with their ages ranging from 19 to 24 engaged in reading and discussing literary texts with an emphasis on their social and cultural themes and contents. 9 English and 2 Persian short stories were the main material implemented, and these were supplemented by 6 American and 2 Iranian movies with their screenplays adopted from literary works. The themes attended to included racial discrimination, social class, gender roles, and ethnic minorities.  Based on Byram’s (1997) proposed model of Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC), five factors of the students’ ICC development, <em>Savoir Comprendre, Savoire Etre, Savoire S’engager, Savoirs </em>and<em> Savoire Apprendre/</em>Faire, were observed throughout a 14-session course. A Content analysis of students’ writing assignments and an examination of how fruitful they found the tasks and materials in enhancing their cultural understanding demonstrated a noticeable involvement of all the studied ICC factors in reading, discussing and contemplating on the literary texts and their cultural content. https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_17209_d74fd6ee4ea4f66996294d848e9561ad.pdf