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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460034203321

Titolo

Critical cultural awareness : managing stereotypes through intercultural (language) education / / edited by Stephanie Ann Houghton [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-6766-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

303.48

370.116

Soggetti

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: DEFINING, ELICITING AND ILLUSTRATING STEREOTYPES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II: ADDRESSING STEREOTYPES THROUGH INTERCULTURAL (LANGUAGE) EDUCATION; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In a rapidly globalizing world, one of the most challenging barriers to be overcome is the stereotype. This book aims to promote understanding of the nature of stereotypes, and to suggest ways in which teachers can manage them by developing critical cultural awareness as an intrinsic part of the intercultural communicative competence of their students. Part 1 of the book explores ways of defining, eliciting and illustrating stereotypes from theoretical standpoints. Part 2 showcases ways of a...