Instagram for learning interculturally: a blueprint in a global Englishes era

Abstract

ABSTRACT Although the notion of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) has been widely promoted in language classrooms, few empirical studies report how social media, such as Instagram, could be used as a virtual learning platform to engage students in learning how to communicate interculturally. Framed within the global Englishes (GE) concept as the result of English spreading as a global language, the present classroom-based study proposes an instructional design blueprint for intercultural learning mediated by Instagram as the virtual platform. The findings of this study contribute to a promising alternative to teaching intercultural communication in the global Englishes era.