Socio-cultural Representations of International Students who Learn Romanian as a Foreign Language

Abstract

This article sets forth a brief methodological framework for analyzing mental micro-representations of international RFL students’ representations of the host language and culture, together with their linguistic and cultural identity. In the absence of an authentic socio-cultural competence by the two involved parties – teacher and student – one can merely take note of the challenging nature of establishing an open cultural dialogue; this notion is the cornerstone of our attempt to understand how this competence works. The questionnaire we propose can be a beneficial and effective tool in the development of communicative and intercultural competences.