Nowadays technology and globalization have made the world much smaller and faster, imposing the need to measure ourselves against multiple diversities (relational methods, lifestyles and new values), of which linguistic and cultural diversity is the most tangible sign. In order to give globalization an ethical orientation, education still has to build the alternative: it is necessary to acquire skills of a truly intercultural nature which are indispensable for managing situations. In this sense, what globalization has led us to discover is that there are no "pure" and closed cultures, but hybrid cultures. In the midst of this dynamic society, intercultural pedagogy is configured as the main discipline to face the multiple challenges of intercultural integration, enrichment and individual and collective growth. The definition of intercultural competence appears complex and not univocally defined by scientists. In the article we also proposed the analysis of different concepts such as culture/civilization, interculturality, intercultural education, interculturalism, multiculturalism, otherness, etc. to be able to implement a group project based on reading an authentic novel in Italian.