From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship

2008-05-27
From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847698832
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 285

This collection of essays and reflections starts from an analysis of the purposes of foreign language teaching and argues that this should include educational objectives which are ultimately similar to those of education for citizenship. It does so by a journey through reflections on what is possible and desirable in the classroom and how language teaching has a specific role in education systems which have long had, and often still have, the purpose of encouraging young people to identify with the nation-state. Foreign language education can break through this framework to introduce a critical internationalism. In a ‘globalised’ and ‘internationalised’ world, the importance of identification with people beyond the national borders is crucial. Combined with education for citizenship, foreign language education can offer an education for ‘intercultural citizenship’.

From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship

2008
From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847690785
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 285

This collection of essays analyses the evolution of theory of intercultural competence and its relationship to education for citizenship. It does so by analysing the concepts of intercultural competence, including the notion of the intercultural speaker, by discussing the ways in which language education policy develops and by comparing the theories and purposes of foreign language education and education for citizenship.

From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship

2016-11-01
From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1783096578
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 247

The contributors to this volume have collaborated to present their work on introducing competences in intercultural communication and citizenship into foreign language education. The book examines how learners and teachers think about citizenship and interculturality, and shows how teachers and researchers from primary to university education can work together across continents to develop new curricula and pedagogy. This involves the creation of a new theory of intercultural citizenship and a procedure for implementation. The book is written by teacher researchers who aim to help other teachers, and concludes with reflections on the lessons they have learnt which will help others to implement these ideas in their own practice. The book is essential reading for foreign language educators and researchers, students in pre-service teacher training and teachers in in-service training.

Education for Intercultural Citizenship

2006-01-01
Education for Intercultural Citizenship

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  • Author: Geof Alred
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1853599182
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 267

Uses country and international case studies to examine citizenship education from the perspective of interculturality.

Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education

1989-01-01
Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853590177
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 182

Written by the winner of the 1987 BAAL book prize, this book deals with the acquisition of understanding of foreign cultures and peoples. It is also a study of the philosophy and purpose of language teaching in all its facets, in the context of foreign language teaching in secondary education. The book is written for language teachers and, though it draws on disciplines not usually included in their education and professional training, it does so from within the profession's own perspective. It is an attempt to raise teachers' and learners' awareness of the full educational value of foreign language learning

Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range

2017-10-19
Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range

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  • Author: Manuela Wagner
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1783098929
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 185

This ground-breaking book is the first to describe in detail how teachers, supported by university educators and education advisers, might plan and implement innovative ideas based on sound theoretical foundations. Focusing on the teaching and learning of intercultural communicative competence in foreign language classrooms in the USA, the authors describe a collaborative project in which graduate students and teachers planned, implemented and reported on units which integrated intercultural competence in a systematic way in classrooms ranging from elementary to university level. The authors are clear and honest about what worked and what didn’t, both in their classrooms and during the process of collaboration. This book will be required reading for both scholars and teachers interested in applying academic theory in the classroom, and in the teaching of intercultural competence.

Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond

2022-04-12
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond

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  • Author: Troy McConachy
  • Publisher: Channel View Publications
  • ISBN: 1800412622
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 513

This book provides a contemporary and critical examination of the theoretical and pedagogical impact of Michael Byram’s pioneering work on intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship within the field of language education and beyond. The chapters address important theoretical and empirical work on the teaching, learning, and assessment of intercultural learning, and highlight how individual language educators and communities of practice enact intercultural learning in locally appropriate ways. The book offers comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible knowledge for researchers, teachers, teacher-trainers and students.

Teaching-and-learning Language-and-culture

1994-01-01
Teaching-and-learning Language-and-culture

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853592119
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 236

Offers some theoretical innovations in teaching foreign languages and reports how they have been applied to curriculum development and experimental courses at the upper secondary and college levels. Approaches language learning as comprising several dimensions, including grammatical competence, change in attitudes, learning about another culture, and reflecting on one's own. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence

2020-12-08
Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1800410263
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268

This revised edition of Michael Byram’s classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching should prepare learners to use a language with fluency and accuracy, and also to speak with people who have different cultural identities, social values and behaviours, the book is an invaluable guide for teachers and curriculum developers, taking them from a definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence through planning for teaching to assessment. This edition refines the definitions of the five ‘savoirs’ of intercultural competence, and includes new sections on issues such as moral relativism and human rights, mediation, intercultural citizenship and teachers’ ethical responsibilities.

Critical Perspectives on Plurilingualism in Deaf Education

2021-07-12
Critical Perspectives on Plurilingualism in Deaf Education

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  • Author: Kristin Snoddon
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 180041076X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 342

This book is the first edited international volume focused on critical perspectives on plurilingualism in deaf education, which encompasses education in and out of schools and across the lifespan. The book provides a critical overview and snapshot of the use of sign languages in education for deaf children today and explores contemporary issues in education for deaf children such as bimodal bilingualism, translanguaging, teacher education, sign language interpreting and parent sign language learning. The research presented in this book marks a significant development in understanding deaf children's language use and provides insights into the flexibility and pragmatism of young deaf people and their families’ communicative practices. It incorporates the views of young deaf people and their parents regarding their language use that are rarely visible in the research to date.