Intercultural communicative competence as a focus of applied linguistic research in Poland

Intercultural communicative competence has become a focus of a number of studies conducted within the area of second language acquisition, those theoretically oriented and those aiming to approach this subject area in a more practical manner. The paper looks at a selection of recent studies exploring issues related to ICC, conducted by Polish researchers and published in academic publications. The aim of this overview is to demonstrate how the concept of ICC is understood and investigated in FL acquisition studies and what intercultural topics are most up-to-date in a Polish research context. The analysis also highlights the areas that in the opinion of the Author of the present paper need more academic attention. It is hoped that this discussion will be of interest to researchers exploring second language issues as well as practitioners responsible for education.