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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810553303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, England ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, 2003

ISBN

1-280-73927-4

9786610739271

1-85359-608-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 242 p

Collana

Languages for intercultural communication and education ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

AlredGeof

ByramMichael

FlemingMichael (Michael P.)

Disciplina

370.117

Soggetti

Multicultural education

International education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at two symposia held at the University of Durham.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.