Transference of Knowledge in Interlinguistic Communication: A Teaching and Learning Experience in Classroom Situations

In this study, the writer, through her own twenty-four (24) years of teaching experience at a non-English University, discusses how challenging the transference of knowledge in interlinguistic communication is, that is, when non-English students, researchers, academics want to transfer knowledge from their local knowledge-based environment to a wider knowledge-based environment that uses English as a means of international communication (<em>lingua franca</em>). During her discussion, the author of this study shows that in order for the transference of knowledge in interlinguistic communication to be successful there must be three support systems: (1) a Human Intelligence (nous) who functions as a helper and/or mediator; (2) Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various forms; and (3) a mnemonic knowledge management tool (TDB) in an electronic form so that human knowledge acquired is not lost.