Investigating the Students’ Strategies in Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Model in Indonesia University Context

摘要

AbstractududThe study investigated the students’ strategies in increasing intercultural communicative competence (ICC) model. The researchers employed qualitative research method by applying grounded theory design. The participants of this research were four students from different grade levels of English study program of STKIP Yapis Dompu-NTB. There were five data collection techniques used: interview, observation, field note, audio recording, and documentation. The result of this research indicated that the participants have different strategies to improve ICC model. The A.M. participant has sixteen strategies, the Y.A. participant has nine strategies, A.S. participant has seven strategies, and E.D participant has ten strategies.