Developing Intercultural Citizenship and Intellectual Humility in High School German

As the current global pandemic surrounding Covid-19 has made abundantly clear, we live in an interconnected world in which we need to solve problems together to survive. Intercultural competence (IC) has received attention in recent years as a crucial asset for students to engage in dialogue – and solve problems – with people from different cultural backgrounds. Various organizations such as the Council of Europe (CoE) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) advocate for the teaching and learning of languages from an intercultural orientation as a way to promote cultural and social equity, diversity and inclusion (see