Intercultural experience and education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geof Alred, Michael Byram, and Mike Fleming

• Pubblicazione: Clevedon, England ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 242 p
• Disciplina: 370.117
• Soggetto topico: Multicultural education; International education
• Soggetto non controllato: Foreign Language Teaching; Intercultural Communication; intercultural competence; intercultural education; interculturality
• Altri autori: AlredGeof ByramMichael FlemingMichael (Michael P.)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Intercultural experience and education
• ISBN: 1-280-73927-4; 9786610739271; 1-85359-608-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780151703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Languages for intercultural communication and education ; ; 2.