Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Local ELT

Jana Béresová teaches linguistic and ELT courses at Trnava University in Trnava, Slovakia. Her ideas referring to ELT are significantly influenced by the concepts and philosophies that are behind the CEFR. As a teacher trainer, she trains student teachers as well as primary/secondary-school teachers to develop their learners' communicative competence, emphasising a number of them, intercultural communicative competence including. She has written a number of books and articles on methodology regarding both teaching and testing foreign languages, using authentic materials in target language class, supporting naturalness, appropriacy and accuracy in language learning. Her present interests include the intertwinedness between language and culture. All her current thoughts focus on language learners and their needs in the local context.