Intercultural Competence

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,

Arnd Witte is Senior Lecturer in German and Head of Department at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland. He has published widely in the area of foreign language acquisition, particularly German as a Foreign Language. His specific research area is the acquisition of intercultural competence.
Theo Harden is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Second Language Studies at University College, Dublin, Ireland and Professor Adjunto at Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. He has published widely in the area of second language acquisition, particularly German as a Second Language. His research area is the acquisition of conceptual metaphors in a second language.

«This book is of obvious interest to scholars of language study, but there are also articles that could raise points of reflection for professionals in international business. As a teacher and teacher educator, I found several articles to be particularly useful.» (Katie B. Angus, The Linguist List 09/2012)