Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

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Michael Byram, Adam Nichols, David Stevens
Multilingual Matters, 2001 M01 1 - 283 páginas
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.
 

Contenido

Beginners
11
Intermediate
29
Up the Hills of Identity
44
Advanced
60
An Approach to Implementing a Cultural Studies Syllabus
77
Family life and Regional Identity Comparative Studies
93
Cultural
111
Using New Technologies
133
an AngloFrench Project
162
Information and Communication
176
In the Field
189
Why Do Danes Put Their Elderly in Nursing Homes?
203
Cultural Understanding in Danish Schools
219
Tanya Madjarova Magdalena Botsmanova and Tanya Stamatova
236
Study of Landscapes as an Approach to Openness to Others
260
Further Reading
277

Exploring
146

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Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, England. Having studied languages at Cambridge University, he taught French and German in school and adult education and then did teacher education at Durham. He was adviser to the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe and then on the expert group which produced the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. His research has included the education of minorities, foreign language teaching and intercultural competence, and more recently on how the PhD is experienced and assessed in a range of different countries. David Stevens is the winner of eleven Chelsea Flower Show gold medals. He has hosted two popular garden design series on television and is the author of many successful gardening books. He lives in England.

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