Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

Edited by Prof. Michael Byram, Adam Nichols and Dr. David Stevens
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Publication Date: 25th July 2001

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. Read More
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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. Read More
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It is now widely recognised that learning a language should not just involve linguistic competence but also intercultural competence. It is also clear that intercultural competence can be developed through related subjects such as geography, history, mother tongue teaching. This book takes this as a given and 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.
Details
  • Price: $36.95
  • Pages: 296
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • Imprint: Multilingual Matters
  • Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
  • Publication Date: 25th July 2001
  • Trim Size: 5.85 x 8.25 in
  • ISBN: 9781853595363
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
    EDUCATION / Multicultural Education
Author Bio

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.

Table of Contents

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

It is now widely recognised that learning a language should not just involve linguistic competence but also intercultural competence. It is also clear that intercultural competence can be developed through related subjects such as geography, history, mother tongue teaching. This book takes this as a given and 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.
  • Price: $36.95
  • Pages: 296
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • Imprint: Multilingual Matters
  • Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
  • Publication Date: 25th July 2001
  • Trim Size: 5.85 x 8.25 in
  • ISBN: 9781853595363
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
    EDUCATION / Multicultural Education

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.

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