Practices in Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning

This volume responds to the growing need for intercultural approaches to teaching and learning languages. The central premise is that the aim of intercultural language teaching and learning is to foster effective communication and effective learning in spaces between cultures in order to prepare learners for global citizenship, but that the corresponding models and methods must emerge from the bottom-up in order to meet the needs of each unique context. The book offers a collection of successful experiences rooted in praxis. It shares the activities, methods, models, and approaches which have been developed within specific contexts. Thus, it offers an example of how to adopt an “intercultural perspective” in teaching and learning. The editors and contributors share the conviction that the experiences detailed here can be informative to the realities of all readers in the same way that their own practices have been informed by others. Table of Contents Introduction Limits of Learning? English as a Lingua Franca and Intercultural Learning From Stereotyping to Becoming Interculturally Competent Intercultural Language Teaching for Mobile Students A Model for Intercultural Competence Rubrics Two Models of Online Intercultural Exchange in Higher Education Contexts Integrating Intercultural Learning in English for Specific Academic Purposes Contributors