PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

In the framework of the Intercultural Communicative Competence - a Competitive Advantage for Global Employability project 14 modules targeting the development of students’ intercultural communicative competence were developed by international teams of educators, piloted and implemented in 13 higher educational institutions across Europe, involving 66 educators and more than 800 students, who were the direct beneficiaries of the project. The impact of the project is felt by stakeholders, researchers, decision makers, and potential global employers, who have the benefit of a better trained and skilled workforce who can meet the demands of international business. The dissemination of the project results included a collection of 30 case studies on the implementation of the modules, providing valuable feedback by the participating educators. In addition to giving an overview of the project, the paper presents a pilot study of implementing a module including telecollaborative exchanges into teaching intercultural communication for business students. Findings from the pilot study show how (tele)collaboration provided students an opportunity to work in international teams, how it contributed to foreign language skills development and how it increased intercultural awareness and sensitivity.