Culture and identity through English as a Lingua Franca : rethinking concepts and goals in intercultural communication / Will Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Will (Language teacher)

Series:

Developments in English as a lingua franca ; 8.

Developments in English as a lingua franca

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication--Social aspects.

Intercultural communication.

Identity (Philosophical concept)--Social aspects.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Lingua francas.

English language--Foreign countries.

English language.

English language--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 284 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 English as a lingua franca (ELF) 5

1.2 Overview of the book 12

Chapter 2 Intercultural communication and ELF 15

2.1 Characterising intercultural communication 17

2.2 Critical approaches to intercultural communication 21

2.2.1 Cross-cultural versus intercultural communication 21

2.2.2 Critiques of terminology in intercultural communication 24

2.2.3 Critiques of approaches in intercultural communication 25

2.2.4 Alternative approaches to intercultural communication 28

2.3 Points of convergence and conflict between intercultural communication and ELF research 33

2.3.1 Points of misunderstanding and divergence between intercultural communication and ELF research 34

2.3.2 Points of convergence between intercultural communication and ELF research 39

2.4 Conclusion 43

Chapter 3 Understanding culture through ELF 45

3.1 Conceptions of culture 47

3.1.1 The development of the idea of culture 47

3.1.2 Culture as product 50

3.1.3 Culture as discourse 54

3.1.4 Culture as practice 56

3.1.5 Culture as ideology 58

3.2 Culture, nation and globalisation 61

3.2.1 Characterisations of nation 61

3.2.2 Characterisations of globalisation 63

3.2.3 Global flows 65

3.3 Culture and complexity 67

3.3.1 Culture and complexity in the social sciences and applied linguistics 71

3.4 Culture and language 76

3.4.1 Linguistic relativity 76

3.4.2 Linguaculture and the language-culture nexus 79

3.4.3 Language and culture as emergent complex systems 85

3.5 Culture in ELF research 88

3.6 Language and culture through ELF 99

3.7 Conclusion 101

Chapter 4 Culture and identity through English as a lingua franca 105

4.1 Characterising identity 108

4.1.1 Subjectivity and identity 108

4.1.2 The relevance of identity 108

4.1.3 Identity and language 110

4.1.4 Identity, difference and others 112

4.2 Cultural identity 114

4.2.1 Cultural identity, ethnicity and race 114

4.2.2 Cultural identity and nationality 115

4.2.3 Cultural identity and globalisation 118

4.2.4 Cultural identity and interculturality 120

4.3 Identity in ELF research 122

4.4 Conclusion 131

Chapter 5 Re-examining intercultural communicative competence: intercultural awareness 133

5.1 Communicative competence 134

5.1.1 The foundations of communicative competence 134

5.1.2 Rethinking communicative competence 140

5.2 Intercultural competence 145

5.3 Intercultural communicative competence 148

5.4 Alternatives to intercultural communicative competence 156

5.5 Intercultural awareness (ICA) 163

5.6 Conclusion 172

Chapter 6 ELF and intercultural awareness: implications for English language teaching 174

6.1 Culture, the intercultural and ELF in ELT: critiquing current approaches 175

6.2 Alternative approaches to culture, the intercultural and ELF in ELT 182

6.2.1 Intercultural education and ELT 183

6.2.2 Global Englishes, ELF and interculturality in ELT 187

6.3 Intercultural awareness in the classroom 194

6.4 Conclusion 200

Chapter 7 Putting it into practice: a study of a course in ELF and ICA for language learners in Thailand 203

7.1 Background and rationale: English in ASEAN and Thailand 205

7.2 Research methodology 210

7.2.1 Participants and setting 210

7.2.2 Research approach and instruments 211

7.2.3 Reliability and validity 214

7.3 A course in Global Englishes, intercultural communication and intercultural awareness 215

7.3.1 Course evaluation 218

7.3.2 Development of ICA and an understanding of Global Englishes 220

7.4 Conclusion 228

Chapter 8 Conclusion 232

8.1 What are points of convergence and divergence between ELF and intercultural communication research? 234

8.2 What influence (if anything) do studies of intercultural communication through ELF have on our understanding of the relationship between culture, identity and language? 236

8.3 What are the implications of ELF research for conceptualising intercultural communicative competence? 240

8.4 What are the consequences (if any) of ELF and intercultural awareness (ICA) research for teaching English (ELT)? 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501510625

1501510622

OCLC:

910310103