Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning Hardcover

Anthony J Liddicoat

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

1405198109

English

Wiley-Blackwell

2013

212

Angela Scarino

Valuable for those studying linguistics, second-language acquisition, and language teaching. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals