Thematic analysis has widely been used in qualitative data analysis for theory development. This paper illustrates step-by-step procedure of qualitative data analysis through thematic analysis. Thematic analysis was performed on ten in-depth interviews which were transcribed for analysis. Coding in qualitative research is a systematic process through which the collected data were condensed into smaller analyzable units, called as codes, which were further categorized and developed into themes. Coding process eventually helped researchers to build a general theoretical concept about the qualitative evidence. Major themes that emerged in this analysis include (i) the management issues and (ii) employees’ apprehensions. Findings were interpreted and their implications were discussed in detail in the section of conclusion.
Language, as a carrier of cultural identities, plays a vital role in cultural exchange amongst people of diverse ethnic, social, religious and political identities.Across the globe, communication has increased in scale and speed, therefore, Inter-cultural Communicative Competence (ICC) is required in order to avoid misunderstanding arising from differing linguistic cum cultural identities as an ability to communicate effectively in cross-cultural situations.Second language (L2) teaching in a multilingual and multicultural large class is an ever growing field of research with a focus on all the aspects of language teaching along with an awareness of culturalknowledge. This Paper focuses on the need to cultivate inter-cultural communicative competence in second language multilingual and multicultural large classroom in University of Sindh. Critical appraisal of literature reveals that teachers should possess cultural knowledge of multicultural class population to connect language and culture. The role of language teacher, therefore, should not only be to enhance learners’ linguistic knowledge but also to focus on nonverbal communication skills and ICC competence by creating a link through communication between learners in a mixed cultural identities class.
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