Evangelia Petosi* and Ioannis Karras Intercultural Communicative Competence: are Greek EFL teachers ready? https://doi.org/10.1515/eujal-2018-0018 Abstract: Over the years and because of globalization, English has undoubtedly become an international language, a lingua franca. In this interconnected con- text, a new reality for the EFL educators has arisen: the need to prepare learners for intercultural encounters, that is being able to learn and use English, for effec- tive and appropriate interaction with other native or non-native speakers of Eng- lish worldwide. It is, thus, imperative that teachers become aware of the impor- tance of this competence so they can adapt their teaching approaches and incor- porate them in the EFL classroom. This exploratory study investigated the beliefs and attitudes of EFL teachers, with regards to incorporating intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in their classroom. The aim of this study was to gain more understanding of the current status of teaching English for Intercultural Communication in the Greek EFL state classroom in terms of teachers’ understandings and attitudes towards cultural teaching and ICC. To this end, an online questionnaire with closed ques- tions was employed to collect data from sixty-two EFL teachers teaching at Greek state schools. Statistical analyses showed that EFL teachers have high apprecia- tion of integrating ICC in English teaching. Moreover, they seem highly value the affective and behavioural components of this competence. These findings are hoped to contribute to a better understanding of intercultural teaching in ELT so that implications should be made to enhance the quality of ELT in Greece. Keywords: Intercultural Communicative Competence, English Language Teach- ing, Intercultural Teaching *Corresponding author: Evangelia Petosi, M.Ed, EFL State School Teacher, Patras, Greece, E-Mail: liapet77@gmail.com Ioannis Karras, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Department of Foreign Languages Translation and Interpreting Ionian University Corfu, Greece, Tutor & Module Coordinator, Hellenic Open University Greece, E-Mail: karrasid@gmail.com EuJAL 2020; aop MOUTON