Journeys towards intercultural capability in language classrooms : voices from students, teachers and researchers / Martin East, Constanza Tolosa, Jocelyn Howard, Christine Biebricher, Adèle Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

East, Martin, author.

Tolosa, Constanza, author.

Howard, Jocelyn, author.

Biebricher, Christine, author.

Scott, Adele, author.

Series:

Intercultural communication and language education. 2520-1743

Intercultural communication and language education, 2520-1743

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Primary)--New Zealand.

Language and languages.

Multicultural education--New Zealand.

Multicultural education.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 182 pages).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This open access book presents an account of five teacher educators who, over a two-year period, undertook a research project with five teachers of languages other than English in pre-secondary schools in New Zealand. Their collaborative aim was to develop students’ intercultural capability in the context of learning a new language. The school participants were typical of many in New Zealand’s pre-secondary sector; the teachers had limited language-teaching experience and limited prior knowledge of how to develop the intercultural dimension in their language classrooms, and the students were largely at the beginning stages of learning a new language. The book discusses the findings obtained using a range of data collection methods, including classroom observations, reflective interviews with teachers, and focus groups with students. It documents instances of breakthrough and growth for teachers and students and reveals the problems and tensions. Lastly, it reflects on the lessons learned in the course of this project and speculates on the roles that teacher education needs to play if the goal of intercultural capability is to be better achieved in language classrooms, both in New Zealand and internationally. Of interest to a wide range of stakeholders in the area of education, the book allows readers to gain an understanding of the opportunities of working with teachers through an action–research model, alongside the challenges that this brings and ways in which intercultural capability may be strengthened.

Contents:

Beginning the journeys towards intercultural capability

Studies on the intercultural dimension across the globe

The intercultural dimension in the New Zealand language teaching context

Introducing the two-year study

Journeys towards intercultural capability: The students’ voices

Journeys towards intercultural capability: The teachers’ voices

Journeys towards intercultural capability: The researchers’ voices

Journeys towards intercultural capability: Retrospective reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 31, 2022).

ISBN:

9789811909917

9811909911

OCLC:

1322064745

Access Restriction:

Open access

Restricted for use by site license.