The UNITA competence framework in intercomprehension (IC) is based on three founding documents concerning IC and plurilingualism: the REFIC (Référentiel de compétences de communication plurilingue en intercompréhension), the REFDIC (Référentiel de formation en intercompréhension (enseignant/formateur)), the FREPA (Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches), these being in turn inspired by the CEFR and its Companion Volume. Starting from these references, UNITA is integrating their content with a focus on the skills and competences in IC required by each of the actor involved in the IC courses within UNITA - students, teachers, and staff – thus addressing their specific needs. While IC competences for the formers have already been thoroughly described and analyzed, very little work has been done on the skills of university teachers dealing with plurilingual settings, and almost no researches have touched upon LSP and IC in bureaucratic communication.

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