Intercultural competence : concepts, challenges, evaluations / Arnd Witte and Theo Harden (eds).

AUTOR: Arnd Witte -  Theo Harden
ISBN: 9783034307932
IDIOMA: eng
PÁGINAS: IX, 487
AÑO: 2011

 
 
RESUMEN

This book explores the idea of 'intercultural competence', which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and 'competence' is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological traits such as attitudes, affective aspects and constructions of identity. The essays in this volume approach the complexity of the concept from a number of different angles. These include theoretical models for defining the concept of 'intercultural competence', outlining paths for future research; application of the concept in the teaching and learning of foreign languages, cultures and literatures; exploration of institutional and sociocultural influences on mediating intercultural competence; and analysis of the concept's impact on such diverse contexts as international business, religious constructs and notions of selfhood and identity. The volume develops a broad range of perspectives on intercultural competence, providing stimulating new ideas, reflections and models around this important concept.
 
INDICE

Contents: Arnd Witte/Theo Harden: Introduction - Michael Byram: A Research Agenda for 'Intercultural Competence' - Darla K. Deardorff: Intercultural Competence in Foreign Language Classrooms: A Framework and Implications for Educators - Werner Müller-Pelzer: Intercultural Competence: A Phenomenological Approach - Theo Harden: The Perception of Competence: A History of a Peculiar Development of Concepts - Arnd Witte: On the Teachability and Learnability of Intercultural Competence: Developing Facets of the 'Inter' - Gillian Peiser: Does the Revised English MFL Curriculum Give Us Reasons to be Optimistic about Fostering Intercultural Understanding Amongst Key Stage 3 Language Learners? - Clarisse Costa Afonso: Intercultural Competence: A Major Issue in Foreign Language Teacher Training? - Claudia Borghetti: How to Teach It? Proposal for a Methodological Model of Intercultural Competence - Mary Georgiou: Can One Swallow Make the Summer? Teaching Intercultural Competence in an English Writing Course - Undine S. Weber/Rebecca Domingo: Adding Another Colour to the Rainbow: An Attempt at Imparting German Cultural Competence in a South African University Context - Heidi Zojer: Teaching 'Intercultural Competence' to 'Generation X' - Annelies Roskvist/Deborah Corder/Sharon Harvey/Karen Stacey: Developing Language Teacher Capability Through Immersion Programmes and the Impact on Student Language Learning, Cultural Knowledge and Intercultural Competence - Joke Simons/Yunsy Krols: Measuring Intercultural Competence - Heather Richards/Clare Conway/Annelies Roskvist/Sharon Harvey: A Framework for Analysing Observation Data: Language Teacher Provision of Opportunities for Learners to Develop Intercultural Competence - Kristin Brogan/Muiris Ó Laoire: Intercultural Learning in the Study Abroad Context - Sabrina Mallon-Gerland: An ILP Investigation of Disagreement Politeness Strategies Performed by German Working Professionals (GWP) - Lisa Stiefel: Learner Identity Construction, Intercultural Competence and Study Abroad - Théophile Ambadiang/Isabel García Parejo: Interculturality, Linguistic Culture and Alterity: A Further Look into Intercultural Competence - Áine Furlong/Fionnuala Kennedy: Towards the Development of Awareness in Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Tandem Exchange Experience - Thomas Johnen: What Can Cross-Cultural Conversation Transcript Analysis Contribute to the Development of Intercultural Competence? - Margit Krause-Ono/Sylvia Wächter: Culture? Communication? The Intercultural? A Comparative Study of Basic Concepts in ICC Education in Germany, Japan and the US - Marie Gervais: 'Eat ye, O people': The Role of Food, Religion and Hospitality in Intercultural Relations - Helen O'Sullivan/Gillian S. Martin/Breffni O'Rourke: The Irish are Too Polite: Analysing Stereotype and Identity Dynamics in Student WebChat - Rob Philburn: Aspects of English and German Sociable Selfhood - Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz: Intercultural Competence: A Mirror for Literature? Some Thoughts on Václav Havel's Play Unveiling/Vernissage in Two Guises - Sieglinde Grimm: Empathy and Recognition: Two Concepts of Intercultural Learning in Literature Teaching with Rafik Schami's Fable The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing - Ana Gonçalves Matos: Current Readers and Intercultural Learning.