Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence : An Investigation in 7 Countries of Foreign Language Teachers' Views and Teaching Practices / / Lies Sercu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823350103321
• Autore: Sercu Lies
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2005]; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-280-55100-3; 9786610551002; 1-85359-845-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Collana: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Disciplina: 418.00711
• Soggetti: Language and languages - Study and teaching; Intercultural communication; Multicultural education; Communicative competence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Teaching Foreign Languages in an Intercultural World -- Chapter 2: Objectives of Foreign Language Teaching and Culture Teaching Time -- Chapter 3: Familiarity and Contacts with Foreign Cultures -- Chapter 4: Pupils’ Culture-and-language Learning Profile -- Chapter 5: Culture Teaching Practices -- Chapter 6: Culture in Foreign Language Teaching Materials -- Chapter 7: Experiential Culture Learning Activities: School Trips and Exchange Project -- Chapter 8: Opinions Regarding Different Facets of Intercultural Competence Teaching -- Chapter 9: The Foreign Language and Intercultural Competence Teacher -- Chapter 10: The Future of Intercultural Competence in Foreign Language Education: Recommendations for Professional Development, Educational Policy and Research -- References -- Appendix 1: Questionnaire -- Appendix 2: Bonferroni Multiple Comparisons Test Results
• Sommario/riassunto: Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Communication: An International Investigation reports on a study that focused on teachers’ ; beliefs regarding intercultural competence teaching in foreign language education. Its conclusions are based on data collected in a quantitative comparative study that comprises questionnaire answers received from teachers in seven countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Mexico, Greece, Spain and Sweden. It not only creates new knowledge on the variability, and relative consistency, of today’s foreign language teachers’ views regarding intercultural competence teaching in a number of countries, but also gives us a picture that is both more concrete and more comprehensive than previously known.