Byram, M. and Wagner, M. (2018) 'Making a difference : language teaching for intercultural and international dialogue.', Foreign language annals., 51 (1). pp. 140-151.
Abstract
Language teaching has long been associated with teaching in a country or countries where a target language is spoken, but this approach is inadequate. In the contemporary world, language teaching has a responsibility to prepare learners for interaction with people of other cultural backgrounds, teaching them skills and attitudes as well as knowledge. This article presents the main concepts involved in this view of language teaching: the notion of culture, the language-culture nexus, and intercultural competence. It also explains the implications of the approach in terms of the skills, attitudes, and knowledge that should be taught. The article goes further: It argues that language teaching needs to be linked to other disciplines in order to develop an approach that integrates insights from citizenship education. All of this has implications for teachers’ professional identity and for cooperation across the curriculum.
Item Type: | Article |
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Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (336Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12319 |
Publisher statement: | This is the accepted version of the following article: Byram, M. & Wagner, M. (2018). Making a Difference: Language Teaching for Intercultural and International Dialogue. Foreign Language Annals 51(1): 140-151, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12319. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving. |
Date accepted: | 01 December 2017 |
Date deposited: | 24 January 2018 |
Date of first online publication: | 13 February 2018 |
Date first made open access: | 13 February 2020 |
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