Results: Aspects of Modern Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education

In this chapter, I analyse the results of questions 1, 4, 5 and 6 on the survey about intercultural competence and pragmatics that was given to the language teachers; these relate directly to teaching, and were answered using a five-point Likert scale from very unimportant to very important. I begin with question 1: How important is it for you to teach the following skills and competences in L2 language teaching? This features nine skills and competences to be evaluated separately, mainly academic skills but also including pragmatic and intercultural aspects of teaching. I then discuss the findings of question 6: How important is it for you to teach the following language aspects when teaching a foreign language? This includes 19 items from acronyms and abbreviations to specific vocabulary, as well as some pragmatic items. Then I analyse the responses to question 4, which includes 16 items covering a variety of non-linguistic aspects: How important is it for you to teach the following facts/information about the countries and cultures in which the L2 is an official language or native language? Question 5 focuses on materials used in classes and features 11 items including texts on culture shock, study abroad and diversity issues.