Intercultural language teaching and learning
This wide-ranging survey of issues in intercultural language teaching and learning covers everything from core concepts to program evaluation, and advocates a fluid, responsive approach to teaching language that reflects its central role in fostering intercultural understanding. * Includes coverage...
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| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester
Wiley-Blackwell
2013
Wiley John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated |
| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 1405198109, 9781405198103, 9781118482100, 1118482107 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | This wide-ranging survey of issues in intercultural language teaching and learning covers everything from core concepts to program evaluation, and advocates a fluid, responsive approach to teaching language that reflects its central role in fostering intercultural understanding.
* Includes coverage of theoretical issues defining language, culture, and communication, as well as practice-driven issues such as classroom interactions, technologies, programs, and language assessment
* Examines systematically the components of language teaching: language itself, meaning, culture, learning, communicating, and assessments, and puts them in social and cultural context
* Features numerous examples throughout, drawn from various languages, international contexts, and frameworks
* Incorporates a decade of in-depth research and detailed documentation from the authors' collaborative work with practicing teachers
* Provides a much-needed addition to the sparse literature on intercultural aspects of language education
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| Bibliography: | A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-194) and index |
| ISBN: | 1405198109 9781405198103 9781118482100 1118482107 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118482070 |