Internationalism and Global Competences in Foreign Language Teaching

Global citizenship education and intercultural citizenship education are critical aspects of foreign language teaching that are anchored on enhancing global competence and awareness of global issues where the learners respect the global culture. The internationalist perspective to foreign language teaching and learning focuses on empowering learners with skills that enable them to tackle global issues in tandem with the spirit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Foreign language education is the platform that could be used to promote global competence that embrace intercultural dialogue and this in turn facilitates the bridging of differences across national, ethnic, and linguistic lines as shared universal values.