Intercultural Experience and Education

by Alred, Geof; Byram, Michael; Fleming, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781853596063
• ISBN10: 185359606X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-08
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This edited volume explores the educational significance of intercultural experience. It offers a broader conception of interculturality than commonly found in the area of foreign language teaching. Contributors represent a diverse range of academic and professional interests. The aim of the book is to encourage dialogue and interchange across this range, and beyond, to stimulate thinking about the educational value of intercultural experience.

Author Biography

The editors are all members of the School of Education, University of Durham, interested in interdisciplinary approaches to intercultural experience. Geof Alred is a counsellor and counsellor trainer. His research interests include language in therapy, mentoring, and intercultural experience, in particular student residence abroad.Mike Byram studied languages and literature before becoming interested in the intercultural dimension of language education and ultimately in educational experience beyond the classroom.Mike Fleming is Director of Initial Teacher Training. His research interests include the teaching of English and drama and in particular the use of drama as a form of intercultural education.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Series Editors' Preface	x
Contributors' Biographical Notes	xii
Introduction	1	(13)
Geof Alred
Mike Byram
Mike Fleming
Becoming a 'Better Stranger': A Therapeutic Perspective on Intercultural Experience and / as Education	14	(17)
Geof Alred
For a Flexible Model of Intercultural Understanding	31	(19)
Lothar Bredella
On Being 'Bicultural' and 'Intercultural'	50	(17)
Mike Byram
Learning to be Intercultural	67	(20)
Leah Davcheva
Intercultural Experience and Drama	87	(14)
Mike Fleming
An Experience of Interculturality: Student Travellers Abroad	101	(13)
Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune
Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning During Residence Abroad	114	(17)
Celia Roberts
Searching for the Intercultural Person	131	(24)
Phyllis M. Ryan
Changing the Focus: A Discussion of the Dynamics of the Intercultural Experience	155	(24)
Amita Sen Gupta
English for the English: An Intercultural Approach	179	(17)
David Stevens
A Framework for Teaching and Learning 'Intercultural Competence'	196	(17)
Susanne Weber
The Recognition of Intercultural Competences: From Individual Experience to Certification	213	(12)
Genevieve Zarate
Afterword: What Does it Mean to be Intercultural	225
Lothar Bredella
Index	240