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Mediating Languages and Cultures / ed. by Dieter Buttjes, Michael Byram.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Multilingual Matters ; 60Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [1990]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781800418189
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: TOWARDS AN INTERCULTURAL THEORY OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION -- 1. Mediating languages and cultures: the social and intercultural dimension restored -- 2. Teaching culture and language: towards an integrated model -- PART II: TOWARDS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EUROPE -- Introduction -- 3. Cultural studies and foreign language teaching after World War II: the international debate as received in the Scandinavian countries -- 4. Culture in German foreign language teaching: making use of an ambiguous past -- 5. Area Studies in the German Democratic Republic: theoretical aspects of a discipline in evolution -- 6. 'Background Studies' in English foreign language teaching: lost opportunities in the comprehensive school debate -- 7. Interculturalising the French educational system: towards a common European perspective -- PART III: TOWARDS A RESEARCH-BASED THEORY OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION -- Introduction -- 8. Young people's perceptions of other cultures: the role of foreign language teaching -- 9. Stereotypes in intercultural communication: effects of German-British pupil exchanges -- 10. Developing transcultural competence: case studies of advanced foreign language learners -- 11. Culture and 'hidden culture' in Moscow: a contrastive analysis of West German and Soviet perceptions -- PART IV: TOWARDS A REVISION OF INTERCULTURAL TEACHING MEDIA -- Introduction -- 12. Cultural references in European textbooks: an evaluation of recent tendencies -- 13. Presenting distant cultures: the Third World in West German English language textbooks -- 14. World Studies and foreign language teaching: converging approaches in textbook writing -- 15. Relating experience, culture and language: a German-French video project for language teaching -- PART V: TOWARDS AN INTERCULTURAL TEACHER EDUCATION -- Introduction -- 16. The acquisition of cultural competence: an ethnographic framework for cultural studies curricula -- 17. The observation diary: an ethnographic approach to teacher education -- 18. From integrative studies to context theory: a project in inservice education -- PART VI: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF LANGUAGE LEARNING -- Introduction -- 19. Intercultural pedagogy: foundations and principles -- 20. Intercultural learning at school: limits and possibilities -- 21. Language education across Europe: towards an intercultural perspective -- List of Contributors -- Index
Summary: The history of"language teaching"is shot through with methods and approaches to language learning - but this book demonstrates that a more differentiated and richer understanding of learning a foreign language is both necessary and desirable. Languages and cultures are interlinked and interdependent and their teaching and learning should be too.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: TOWARDS AN INTERCULTURAL THEORY OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION -- 1. Mediating languages and cultures: the social and intercultural dimension restored -- 2. Teaching culture and language: towards an integrated model -- PART II: TOWARDS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EUROPE -- Introduction -- 3. Cultural studies and foreign language teaching after World War II: the international debate as received in the Scandinavian countries -- 4. Culture in German foreign language teaching: making use of an ambiguous past -- 5. Area Studies in the German Democratic Republic: theoretical aspects of a discipline in evolution -- 6. 'Background Studies' in English foreign language teaching: lost opportunities in the comprehensive school debate -- 7. Interculturalising the French educational system: towards a common European perspective -- PART III: TOWARDS A RESEARCH-BASED THEORY OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION -- Introduction -- 8. Young people's perceptions of other cultures: the role of foreign language teaching -- 9. Stereotypes in intercultural communication: effects of German-British pupil exchanges -- 10. Developing transcultural competence: case studies of advanced foreign language learners -- 11. Culture and 'hidden culture' in Moscow: a contrastive analysis of West German and Soviet perceptions -- PART IV: TOWARDS A REVISION OF INTERCULTURAL TEACHING MEDIA -- Introduction -- 12. Cultural references in European textbooks: an evaluation of recent tendencies -- 13. Presenting distant cultures: the Third World in West German English language textbooks -- 14. World Studies and foreign language teaching: converging approaches in textbook writing -- 15. Relating experience, culture and language: a German-French video project for language teaching -- PART V: TOWARDS AN INTERCULTURAL TEACHER EDUCATION -- Introduction -- 16. The acquisition of cultural competence: an ethnographic framework for cultural studies curricula -- 17. The observation diary: an ethnographic approach to teacher education -- 18. From integrative studies to context theory: a project in inservice education -- PART VI: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF LANGUAGE LEARNING -- Introduction -- 19. Intercultural pedagogy: foundations and principles -- 20. Intercultural learning at school: limits and possibilities -- 21. Language education across Europe: towards an intercultural perspective -- List of Contributors -- Index

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The history of"language teaching"is shot through with methods and approaches to language learning - but this book demonstrates that a more differentiated and richer understanding of learning a foreign language is both necessary and desirable. Languages and cultures are interlinked and interdependent and their teaching and learning should be too.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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