Darla Deardorffs Kompetenzspirale

Intercultural competence development is a dynamic process. Imagine your IC as a spiral staircase, which winds up higher and higher (See figure 2). As you move upwards you will continuously move through the four components of IC on the individual and on the interactional level. The ladder will extend further up the further you go, IC achievement is a lifelong project, and it needs to be done consciously. ([8] p. 257)