Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

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Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

Edited by: Michael Byram , Adam Nichols and David Stevens

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2001

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Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

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This book provides practical help for teachers who wish to help their learners acquire intercultural competence in the ordinary classroom. It contains descriptions of lessons and materials from a wide range of classrooms in several countries and for beginners to advanced learners.

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Byram Michael :

Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at the University of Durham, UK and Guest Professor at the University of Luxembourg.

Michael Byram, Adam Nichols and David Stevens are in teacher education at the University of Durham. They specialise in the teaching of foreign languages (Byram), geography (Nichols) and English as mother tongue (Stevens) and have found a common interest in the ways in which all these subjects involve cultural issues. They have invited authors from throughout Europe and North America to describe their work in the classroom or in producing teaching materials to develop intercultural competence.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Alison Phipps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Introduction Michael Byram, Adam Nichols and David Stevens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part 1: In the Classroom
1. The International Partnership Project Carol Morgan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
2. Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence through Literature Eva Burwitz-Melzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
3. ‘Up the Hills of Identity’ Elena Tarasheva and Leah Davcheva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	44
4. Visual Codes and Modes of Presentation of Television News Broadcasts Maria Metodieva Genova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
5. An Approach to Implementing a Cultural Studies Syllabus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
6. ‘Family life’ and ‘Regional Identity’ – Comparative Studies while Learning French Sylvia Duffy and Janet Mayes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
7. ‘It Must Be Cultural Because I Don’t Do It’: Cultural Awareness in Initial TESOL Teacher Education Mary Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
Part 2: Beyond the Classroom
8. Virtual Intercultural Competence: A Programme for Japanese Elementary School Students Lynne Parmenter and Yuichi Tomita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
9. Students as Virtual Ethnographers: Exploring the Language Culture-Connection Sheila Carel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	146
10. Working in Tandem: an Anglo-French Project Clare Dodd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
11. New Tools for Old Tricks: Information and Communication Technology in Teaching British Cultural Studies Paul Whittaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
12. Tandem Learning as an Intercultural Activity Jane Woodin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
13. ‘Why Do Danes Put Their Elderly in Nursing Homes?’ – Working Outside the Classroom with Adult Second Language Learners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Part 3: Developing Resources
14. Cultural Understanding in Danish Schools Leon Aktor and Karen Risager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	219
15. ‘I Thought My Teacher Fancied Me’ Tanya Madjarova, Magdalena Botsmanova and Tanya Stamatova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	236
16. British and Bulgarian Christmas Cards: A Research Project for Students Krassimira Topuzova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
17. Study of Landscapes as an Approach to Openness to Others Françoise Vigneron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	260
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	282

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July 25, 2001

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9781853595356

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296

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853595356

eBook ISBN: 9781853595356

Keywords for this book

intercultural competence; intercultural education; teaching

Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

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