Ebook: Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning

This wide-ranging survey of issues in intercultural language teaching and learning covers everything from core concepts to program evaluation, and advocates a fluid, responsive approach to teaching language that reflects its central role in fostering intercultural understanding.

• Includes coverage of theoretical issues defining language, culture, and communication, as well as practice-driven issues such as classroom interactions, technologies, programs, and language assessment
• Examines systematically the components of language teaching: language itself, meaning, culture, learning, communicating, and assessments, and puts them in social and cultural context
• Features numerous examples throughout, drawn from various languages, international contexts, and frameworks
• Incorporates a decade of in-depth research and detailed documentation from the authors’ collaborative work with practicing teachers
• Provides a much-needed addition to the sparse literature on intercultural aspects of language education

 

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–10):
Chapter 2 Languages, Cultures, and the Intercultural (pages 11–30):
Chapter 3 Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, and Language Learning within an Intercultural Orientation (pages 31–46):
Chapter 4 Language Teaching and Learning as an Intercultural Endeavor (pages 47–62):
Chapter 5 Designing Classroom Interactions and Experiences (pages 63–82):
Chapter 6 Resources for Intercultural Language Learning (pages 83–105):
Chapter 7 Technologies in Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning (pages 107–121):
Chapter 8 Assessing Intercultural Language Learning (pages 123–142):
Chapter 9 Programming and Planning (pages 143–166):
Chapter 10 Evaluating Language Programs (pages 167–178):