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

• Main Authors: Wagner, Manuela, Ed, Perugini, Dorie Conlon, Ed, Byram, Michael, Ed
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• 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
• DOI: 10.21832/9781783098910
• ISBN: 1783098902; 9781783098903

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.