Intercultural Experience and Education

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

Del 2 i serien Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

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Beskrivning

This edited volume explores the educational significance of intercultural experience. It offers a broader conception of interculturality than commonly found in the area of foreign language teaching. Contributors represent a diverse range of academic and professional interests. The aim of the book is to encourage dialogue and interchange across this range, and beyond, to stimulate thinking about the educational value of intercultural experience.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-11-08
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:328 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781853596063

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Mer om författaren

The editors are all members of the School of Education, University of Durham, interested in interdisciplinary approaches to intercultural experience. Geof Alred is a counsellor and counsellor trainer. His research interests include language in therapy, mentoring, and intercultural experience, in particular student residence abroad.Mike Byram studied languages and literature before becoming interested in the intercultural dimension of language education and ultimately in educational experience beyond the classroom.Mike Fleming is Director of Initial Teacher Training. His research interests include the teaching of English and drama and in particular the use of drama as a form of intercultural education.

Recensioner i media

This book is recommended for learners, professionals and researchers in the fields of intercultural communication and language education as well as the wider academic area of cultural studies.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword Series Editors’ Preface Contributors’ Biographical Notes 1 Geof Alred, Mike Byram and Mike Fleming: Introduction2 Geof Alred: Becoming a ‘Better Stranger’: A Therapeutic Perspective on Intercultural Experience and/as Education3 Lothar Bredella: For a Flexible Model of Intercultural Understanding4 Mike Byram: On Being ‘Bicultural’ and ‘Intercultural’5 Leah Davcheva: Learning to be Intercultural6 Mike Fleming: Intercultural Experience and Drama7 Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune: An Experience of Interculturality: Student Travellers Abroad8 Celia Roberts: Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning During Residence Abroad9 Phyllis M. Ryan: Searching for the Intercultural Person10 Amita Sen Gupta: Changing the Focus: A Discussion of the Dynamics of the Intercultural Experience11 David Stevens: English for the English: An Intercultural Approach12 Susanne Weber: A Framework for Teaching and Learning ‘Intercultural Competence’13 Geneviève Zarate: The Recognition of Intercultural Competences: From Individual Experience to CertificationLothar Bredella: Afterword: What Does it Mean to be InterculturalIndex