Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond

Troy McConachy is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use: Exploring Pragmatics and Culture in Foreign Language Learning (2018, Multilingual Matters).Irina Golubeva is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Intercultural Communication at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. She is the editor of From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship (with Michael Byram, Han Hui and Manuela Wagner, 2016, Multilingual Matters).Manuela Wagner is Professor of Language Education and Director of the German Language and Culture Program at the University of Connecticut, USA. She is the editor of Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (with Dorie Conlon Perugini and Michael Byram, 2017, Multilingual Matters).

It is exceptionally striking that this volume is not only intellectually inspiring with cutting-edge research and insights from leaders in the field of intercultural studies in education, but also emotionally touching. Most noticeably, all contributions have been crafted with a warm heart paying sincere tributes to a genuinely great individual!

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsContributorsExternal ReviewersMike Fleming: ForewordIrina Golubeva, Manuela Wagner and Troy McConachy: Introduction: Michael Byram’s Contribution to Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond Michael Byram: A Biographical SketchPart 1: Evolving Conceptual Foundations Chapter 1. Karen Risager: Intercultural Communicative Competence: Transnational and Decolonial DevelopmentsChapter 2. Troy McConachy: Language Awareness and Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisiting the RelationshipChapter 3. Anthony J. Liddicoat: Intercultural Mediation in Language Teaching and LearningChapter 4. Martyn Barrett and Irina Golubeva: From Intercultural Communicative Competence to Intercultural Citizenship: Preparing Young People for Citizenship in a Culturally Diverse Democratic WorldChapter 5. Paloma Castro, Ulla Lundgren and Jane Woodin: Intercultural Dialogue and Values in EducationChapter 6. Manuela Guilherme: From Critical Cultural Awareness to Intercultural Responsibility: Language, Culture and CitizenshipChapter 7. Alison Phipps: Conflict and the Cognitive Empire: Byram’s Critical Cultural AwarenessPart 2: Intercultural Development in Diverse Contexts: Perspectives and Practices Chapter 8. Jane Jackson, Sin Yu Cherry Chan and Tongle Sun: Intercultural Development in the Context of MobilityChapter 9. Petra Rauschert and Claudia Mustroph: Intercultural Education through Civic Engagement: Service Learning in the Foreign Language ClassroomChapter 10. Beatriz Peña Dix: Revisiting Intercultural Communicative Competence in Language Teacher Education: Perspectives from ColombiaChapter 11. Angela Scarino and Michelle Kohler: Assessing Intercultural Capability: Insights from Processes of Eliciting and Judging Student LearningChapter 12. Aleidine J. Moeller: The NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements for Intercultural Communication: Cultivating Sojourners in the Language ClassroomChapter 13. Shuoqian Qin and Prue Holmes: Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative CompetenceChapter 14. Rita A. Oleksak and Fabiana Cardetti: Engaging Educators: Facilitating Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice in the USAChapter 15. Manuela Wagner and José Aldemar Álvarez Valencia: Developing Intercultural Citizenship and Intellectual Humility in High School GermanChapter 16. Melina Porto and Verónica Di Bin: When the Axiom of Supranational Communication in Intercultural Citizenship Theory is not Met: Enriching Theory and PedagogyChapter 17. Lihong Wang: Towards a Shared Future: Michael Byram’s Engagement with the Chinese Academic CommunityLooking Back and Looking ForwardMarjukka Grover: Mike Byram and Multilingual Matters: A 40-year PartnershipJoe Sheils: Mike Byram’s Commitment to Council of Europe ValuesMartyn Barrett: Working with Mike ByramPrue Holmes: Tribute to Mike ByramIndex