Constructing a systematic model for promoting the development of foreign language teachers’ intercultural competence in elementary and secondary schools:an empirical study with teachers’ organizational citizenship behavior and self-efficacy as chain mediators

LI Xiang & LI Dongyu

Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 195 ›› Issue (3) : 85-97.

Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 195 ›› Issue (3) : 85-97.

Constructing a systematic model for promoting the development of foreign language teachers’ intercultural competence in elementary and secondary schools:an empirical study with teachers’ organizational citizenship behavior and self-efficacy as chain mediators

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This study focuses on the intercultural competence of foreign language teachers in primary and secondary schools and explores the factors that promote the development of intercultural competence. Based on survey data from 430 foreign language teachers in primary and secondary schools,the results of the structural equation modeling are as follows:1 ) Teacher professional development has a significant direct effect on intercultural competence;2)Although the direct effect is not significant,the perceived organizational support can indirectly promote the enhancement of teachers’ intercultural competence through mediating effects;3)Professional development and the perception of organizational support have significant independent and serial mediating effects on intercultural competence. The study provides theoretical support and practical references for the development of teachers’ intercultural competence.

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Basic education / intercultural competence / primary and secondary foreign language teachers / structural equation modeling (SEM)

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LI Xiang & LI Dongyu. Constructing a systematic model for promoting the development of foreign language teachers’ intercultural competence in elementary and secondary schools:an empirical study with teachers’ organizational citizenship behavior and self-efficacy as chain mediators[J]. Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice. 2025, 195(3): 85-97

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