Intercultural Learning in Modern Language Education

Author(s):  
Erin Kearney
2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-157

03—373 Appleby, Roslyn, Copley, Kath, Sithirajvongsa, Sisamone and Pennycook, Alastair (U. of Technology, Sydney, Australia). Language in development constrained: Three contexts. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 36, 3 (2002), 323—46.03—374 Bruthiaux, Paul (Nat. U. of Singapore). Hold your courses: Language education, language choice, and economic development. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 36, 3 (2002), 275—96.03—375 Cleghorn, Ailie (Concordia U., Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and Rollnick, Marissa. The role of English in individual and societal development: A view from African classrooms. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 36, 3 (2002), 347—72.03—376 Derwing, Tracey M. (U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Email: [email protected]), Rossiter, Marian J. and Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen. ‘They speaked and wrote real good’: Judgements of non-native and native grammar. Language Awareness (Clevedon, UK), 11, 2 (2002), 84—99.03—377 Gebhard, Meg (U. of Massachusetts, USA). Fast capitalism, school reform, and second language literacy practices. The Canadian Modern Language Review/La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes (Toronto, Ont.), 59, 1 (2002), 15—52.03—378 Lin, Angel (City U. of Hong Kong) and Luk, Jasmine. Beyond progressive liberalism and cultural relativism: Towards critical postmodernist, sociohistorically situated perspectives in classroom studies. The Canadian Modern Language Review/La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes (Toronto, Ont.), 59, 1 (2002), 97—124.03—379 Markee, Numa (U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA). Language in development: Questions of theory, questions of practice. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 36, 3 (2002), 265—74.03—380 Pavlenko, Aneta (Temple U., USA). ‘We have room for but one language here’: Language and national identity in the US at the turn of the 20th century. Multilingua (Berlin, Germany), 21, 2/3 (2002), 163—96.03—381 Pomerantz, Anne (U. of Pennsylvania, USA). Language ideologies and the production of identities: Spanish as a resource for participation in a multilingual marketplace. Multilingua (Berlin, Germany), 21, 2/3 (2002), 275—302.03—382 Ramanathan, Vai (U. of California at Davis, USA). What does ‘literate in English’ mean?: Divergent literacy practices for vernacular- vs. English-medium students in India. The Canadian Modern Language Review/La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes (Toronto, Ont.), 59, 1 (2002), 125—51.03—383 Schmidt Sr., Ronald. Racialization and language policy: The case of the U.S.A. Multilingua (Berlin, Germany), 21, 2/3 (2002), 141—61.03—384 Vavrus, Frances (Columbia U., New York, USA). Postcoloniality and English: Exploring language policy and the politics of development in Tanzania. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 36, 3 (2002), 373—97.03—385 Williams, Eddie (U. of Reading, UK) and Cooke, James. Pathways and labyrinths: Language and education in development. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 36, 3 (2002), 297—322.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-196
Author(s):  
Silvia Colaiacomo ◽  
Donata Puntil

AbstractThis report illustrates the context and development of the Intercultural Learning module, provided by the Modern Language Centre (MLC), King’s College London. The Intercultural Learning Module is a one semester undergraduate course mostly attended by visiting study abroad students. The module aims to enhance students’ intercultural awareness and skills through an interdisciplinary approach comprising Cultural Studies, Applied Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology and Research Methods. Throughout the course students carry out an ethnographic project on a cultural topic of their choice, for which they are assessed. The principles and tools of ethnography are deeply embedded in the module content as a process of cultural observation and discovery. Over the past three years, students’ feedback has been very positive and participant numbers have increased consistently. Four parallel classes (2 per semester) run per academic year. Resulting from the increasing popularity of the course and from the internationalisation strategy of the College, the MLC is currently offering a number ofad hoctraining sessions on intercultural awareness and communication to different departments and members of the public. Training sessions differ from the module in depth and scope, but they are underpinned by the same reflection on intercultural theory and practical examples tailored to the audience.


1941 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Louis

ReCALL ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Wang ◽  
James A. Coleman

AbstractIn all educational contexts, technological developments and changes in pedagogical theory mean that any picture of current practice and attitudes must be dynamic. In many countries, the learning outcomes of foreign language courses now include intercultural communicative competence (ICC), although the precise model for teaching ICC varies even across the English-speaking world. Internet-mediated approaches are widely used to support intercultural learning. In China, the geographical scale of the country and the speed and extent of contemporary socio-economic evolution, allied to long-established and distinctive cultures of learning, make the interface of new technologies and intercultural learning objectives particularly interesting and significant. A small-scale study of college teachers’ and learners’ perceptions of intercultural classroom instruction, with a special focus on Internet mediation, was conducted in mid-2007, using questionnaires and semi-structured questions, to explore the professional, personal and technical issues associated with Internet-mediated learning of languages and cultures. The results show that textbooks remain the predominant authority, while Internet tools are used as a source of information rather than a means of communication. Findings suggest recognition by teachers and students of the potential of the medium, and of the validity of intercultural goals for foreign language classes, although there are some divergences between the views of teachers and students. However, it is suggested that national policy, local incentives and resources and above all educational traditions do not yet allow optimal use of Internet-mediated approaches.


2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Peter Hourdequin

Claire Kramsch is Professor of German and Affiliate Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Linguistics and directs doctoral dissertations in the German Department and in the Graduate School of Education. She has written extensively on language, discourse, and culture in foreign language education. Two of her books, Context and Culture in Language Teaching (OUP, 1993) and The Multilingual Subject (OUP, 2009) won the Mildenberger Award from the American Modern Language Association. She is the past president of the American Association for Applied Linguistics and the current president of the International Association of Applied Linguistics.


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