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Intercultural experience and education / edited by Geof Alred, Michael Byram, and Mike Fleming.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Alred, Geof.
Byram, Michael.
Fleming, Michael (Michael P.)
Series:
Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 2.
Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Multicultural education--Congresses.
Multicultural education.
International education--Congresses.
International education.
Physical Description:
xiv, 242 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Clevedon, England ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, 2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This edited volume explores the educational significance of intercultural experience. It offers a broader conception of interculturality than commonly found in the area of foreign language teaching. Contributors represent a diverse range of academic and professional interests. The aim of the book is to encourage dialogue and interchange across this range, and beyond, to stimulate thinking about the educational value of intercultural experience.
Contents:
Front matter
Contents
Foreword
Series Editors’ Preface
Contributors’ Biographical Notes
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Becoming a ‘Better Stranger’: A Therapeutic Perspective on Intercultural Experience and/as Education
Chapter 3. For a Flexible Model of Intercultural Understanding
Chapter 4. On Being ‘Bicultural’ and ‘Intercultural’
Chapter 5. Learning To Be Intercultural
Chapter 6. Intercultural Experience and Drama
Chapter 7. An Experience of Interculturality: Student Travelers Abroad
Chapter 8. Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning During Residence Abroad
Chapter 9. Searching for the Intercultural Person
Chapter 10. Changing the Focus: A Discussion of the Dynamics of the Intercultural Experience
Chapter 11. English for the English: An Intercultural Approach
Chapter 12. A Framework for Teaching and Learning ‘Intercultural Competence’
Chapter 13. The Recognition of Intercultural Competences: From Individual Experience to Certification
Afterword: What Does it Mean to be Intercultural?
Index
Notes:
Papers presented at two symposia held at the University of Durham.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786610739271
9781280739279
1280739274
9781853596087
1853596086
OCLC:
847237795

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