Teaching Intercultural Competence across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice

This ground-breaking book is the first to describe in detail how teachers, supported by university educators and education advisers, might plan and implement innovative ideas based on sound theoretical foundations. Focusing on the teaching and learning of intercultural communicative competence in fo...

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Main Authors Wagner, Manuela, Ed, Perugini, Dorie Conlon, Ed, Byram, Michael, Ed
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Multilingual Matters 19.10.2017
Subjects
College Faculty
Communicative Competence (Languages)
Cooperation
Cultural Awareness
Educational Innovation
Educational Planning
Elementary Secondary Education
Graduate Students
Higher Education
Immigrants
Intercultural Communication
Lesson Plans
Online Courses
Outcomes of Education
Program Implementation
Second Language Instruction
Student Projects
Study Abroad
Teacher Student Relationship
Theory Practice Relationship
Urban Areas
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Summary:This ground-breaking book is the first to describe in detail how teachers, supported by university educators and education advisers, might plan and implement innovative ideas based on sound theoretical foundations. Focusing on the teaching and learning of intercultural communicative competence in foreign language classrooms in the USA, the authors describe a collaborative project in which graduate students and teachers planned, implemented and reported on units which integrated intercultural competence in a systematic way in classrooms ranging from elementary to university level. The authors are clear and honest about what worked and what did not, both in their classrooms and during the process of collaboration. This book will be required reading for both scholars and teachers interested in applying academic theory in the classroom, and in the teaching of intercultural competence. After the introduction by Manuela Wagner, Dorie Conlon Perugini, and Michael Byram, this book is organized into the following chapters: (1) Houses around the World (Patty Silvey and Silke Gräfnitz); (2) Discovering Modes of Transportation (Dorie Conlon Perugini); (3) Using the Five Senses to Explore Cities (Philip Rohrer and Lauren Kagan); (4) Intercultural Competence: Reflecting on Daily Routines (Jean Despoteris and Komo Ananda); (5) Diverse Perspectives of the Immigrant Experience (Deanne Wallace and Jocelyn Tamborello-Noble); (6) Beauty and Aesthetics (Chelsea Connery and Sarah Lindstrom); (7) IC Online: Fostering the Development of Intercultural Competence in Virtual Language Classrooms (Manuela Wagner and Niko Tracksdorf); and (8) Becoming Interculturally Competent through Study and Experience Abroad (Lauren Rommal and Michael Byram). The conclusion is written by Rita Oleksak, Manuela Wagner, Dorie Conlon Perugini, and Michael Byram. A glossary of terms and an index are included.
ISBN:1783098902
9781783098903
DOI:10.21832/9781783098910