Role of Reflective Knowledge in the Development of Intercultural Competence

This paper is concerned with understanding how Saudi academic
migrants utilized reflective knowledge to promote their development
of Intercultural Competence. Two collective instrumental case studies
investigate how Saudi academic migrants perceived and described
their development of intercultural competence. Research findings
indicate a variety of common and divergent examples, topics, and
themes that describe SAM development of intercultural competence
from the category of reflective knowledge. The participants
perceived the importance of intercultural competence and, through
critical reflection, were able to describe impactful instances of their
developing abilities to communicate and behave effectively and
appropriately in a variety of intercultural situations.