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Characteristics Of The Modern Intercultural Communication (Literacy) Competences

Definitions of 'Literacy‘
1) (unesco) involves a continuum of learning that we can participate fully in the modern society.
2)(wikipedia) is the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/literacy).
in modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society, so as to take part in that society. in modern times, illiteracy is seen as a social problem to be solved through education.
broader and complementary definitions of literacy...
3) when the internet came into wide use in the us (1990s), some have asserted that the definition of literacy should include the ability to use tools such as web browsers, word processing programs, and text messages. similar expanded skill sets have been called multimedia, computer, or information literacy, and technacy*. "arts literacy" programs exist in the us, australia, canada, and finland, etc. because of multimedia, computer, or information literacy, and technacy * (‘expanded skill sets‘) we need media competences and media education .

* technacy is the ability to understand, skillfully apply and communicate creative and 'balanced' technological solutions that are based on understanding the contextual factors involved.

development of modern intercultural communication competences
means development of competences in the field of media education“ (pötinger & others, 2004: 49), also.
media competences are „ability to use world of media on critical, reflective and independent way, with filling for responsibility, and using media as tool for independent and creative expression.“ (pötinger & others., 2004: 71).

development of the modern communication richard braddock complex formula for type of communication (which is media dependent) development of the modern communication richard braddock complex formula,who says what to whom under what circumstances through what medium for what purpose with what effect” from lasswel formula

«who says what in which channel to whom with what effect?» pro-active development of modern intercultural communication competences one good example is project in finland named
„cicero* learning“
government research from 2007-06-21
„cicero learning“ first phase: 2007-2011
http://www.cicero.fi/sivut2/index.html  
 first integral report dated 2008-04-14, helsinki
http://www.cicero.fi/sivut2/projects_ict_at_school.html
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 *cross-disciplinary initiative for collaborative efforts of research on learning