COMMUNICATIVE ADAPTABILITY: A MEASURE OF SOCIALINTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF EFL LEARNERS INTHE PHILIPPINES
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Ruth N. Maguddayao
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- Keywords:
- Communicative Adaptability, Communicative Competence, Intercultural Communicative Competence, EFL Learners
- Abstract
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This study is a quantitative research which aims to assess the validity of one of the aspects of the
intercultural communicative competence of the foreign Medicine students in the Philippines which is
Communicative Adaptability. Using the Communicative Adaptability Scale (CAS) propelled by Robert L.
Duran (2009), the administration of this test is to investigate their level of communicative adaptability in
the inclusion of six dimensions: social confirmation, social experience, social composure, articulation,
wit, and appropriate disclosure. The Communicative Adaptability Scale was administered to 54 foreign
Medicine students. The relationships among the levels of their dimensions of the CAS self-esteem, and
communication apprehension were examined. Results revealed that a program intervention must be
employed and a functional foreign affairs office (ICC center) must be established to address the needs of
the foreign students. - Downloads
- Published
- 2026-04-25
- Issue
- Vol. 7 No. 3 (2018)
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- Articles