Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface IX
4. Acknowledgements X
5. PART I: TOWARDS AN INTERCULTURAL THEORY OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION
6. 1. Mediating languages and cultures: the social and intercultural dimension restored 1
7. 2. Teaching culture and language: towards an integrated model 17
8. PART II: TOWARDS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EUROPE
9. Introduction 31
10. 3. Cultural studies and foreign language teaching after World War II: the international debate as received in the Scandinavian countries 33
11. 4. Culture in German foreign language teaching: making use of an ambiguous past 47
12. 5. Area Studies in the German Democratic Republic: theoretical aspects of a discipline in evolution 63
13. 6. 'Background Studies' in English foreign language teaching: lost opportunities in the comprehensive school debate 73
14. 7. Interculturalising the French educational system: towards a common European perspective 84
15. PART III: TOWARDS A RESEARCH-BASED THEORY OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
16. Introduction 101
17. 8. Young people's perceptions of other cultures: the role of foreign language teaching 103
18. 9. Stereotypes in intercultural communication: effects of German-British pupil exchanges 120
19. 10. Developing transcultural competence: case studies of advanced foreign language learners 136
20. 11. Culture and 'hidden culture' in Moscow: a contrastive analysis of West German and Soviet perceptions 159
21. PART IV: TOWARDS A REVISION OF INTERCULTURAL TEACHING MEDIA
22. Introduction 179
23. 12. Cultural references in European textbooks: an evaluation of recent tendencies 181
24. 13. Presenting distant cultures: the Third World in West German English language textbooks 193
25. 14. World Studies and foreign language teaching: converging approaches in textbook writing 209
26. 15. Relating experience, culture and language: a German-French video project for language teaching 228
27. PART V: TOWARDS AN INTERCULTURAL TEACHER EDUCATION
28. Introduction 237
29. 16. The acquisition of cultural competence: an ethnographic framework for cultural studies curricula 239
30. 17. The observation diary: an ethnographic approach to teacher education 248
31. 18. From integrative studies to context theory: a project in inservice education 261
32. PART VI: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
33. Introduction 273
34. 19. Intercultural pedagogy: foundations and principles 275
35. 20. Intercultural learning at school: limits and possibilities 287
36. 21. Language education across Europe: towards an intercultural perspective 306
37. List of Contributors 323
38. Index 325