The Role of Intercultural Communicative Competence in Student-To-Student Interactions at an Internationlized University

Abstract

Much research has historically highlighted little interaction between domestic and international students in higher education, whilst recent studies have additionally identified the importance of intercultural interaction due to the increasing presence of a diverse student population in university campuses. This research explores university students’ narratives on how they relate to their peers at an Australian university beyond the widely explored dichotomy: International and domestic students. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis results demonstrate a range of dissimilar descriptions. Drawing upon these results, we argue that providing intentional improvement of students’ intercultural communicative competence would strengthen students’ relationship with their peers.

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