Download or read book Constructions de l interculturel dans les manuels de langue written by Nathalie Auger and published by Editions Modulaires Européennes InterCommunication SPRL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Representations of the World in Language Textbooks written by Karen Risager and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. The framework is transferable to other kinds of learning materials and to other subjects. The framework distinguishes between five approaches: national studies, citizenship education studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and transnational studies. In a series of concrete analyses, the book illustrates how one can describe and uncover representations of the world in textbooks for English, German, French, Spanish, Danish and Esperanto. Each analysis is accompanied by suggestions of possible supplements and changes. The book points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.

Download or read book Intercultural Horizons Volume III written by Lavinia Bracci and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a representative set of the papers given at the third annual Intercultural Horizons conference held in Siena, Italy, in October 2013. The conference attracted presenters and attendees from a variety of nations throughout five continents. The papers included in this volume are drawn from a series of conference sessions in which academicians and practitioners in the field offered theoretical analyses, case studies and other perspectives on intercultural studies, civic engagement and related topics. The volume is divided into four sections: Theoretical Considerations of Intercultural Competence and Interculturalism; Intercultural Development and Assessment: Practical Examples and Research; Civic Engagement in International and Culturally Diverse Contexts; and Intercultural Education and Training. The reader will find that most of the papers address a variety of intercultural topics beyond their specific chapter designations. In particular, the theme of second language acquisition, education and use was an overarching theme that emerged from a large number of papers and presentations, specifically with regards to the complexities now faced by intercultural educators and researchers as a result of the increasing dominance of English as a “lingua franca” both in academe and many nations.

Download or read book Teaching Interculturality Otherwise written by Fred Dervin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume focuses on the thorny and somewhat controversial issue of teaching (and learning) interculturality in a way that considers the notion from critical and reflexive perspectives when introduced to students. Comprised of three parts, the book discusses the nuts and bolts of teaching interculturally, considers changes in the teaching of interculturality, and provides pedagogical insights into interculturalising the notion. It studies both teaching im-/explicitly about interculturality and how to incorporate interculturality into teaching practices or into an institution. By sharing varied cases and theoretical reflections on the topic, the editors and contributors from different parts of the world aim to stimulate more initiatives to enrich the field instead of delimiting it, especially in complement to and beyond the 'West' or 'Global North', and also to build up further reflexivity in the way readers engage with interculturality in education. This will be a must-read for teachers and researchers of intercultural communication education at different educational levels, as well as anyone interested in scholarship on education for interculturality. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons 4.0 license.

Download or read book Students Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education written by Mike Byram and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic mobility in higher education is an old phenomenon, but it has become a high profile issue as the numbers of students and staff engaged, and the number of countries involved, has increased hugely in the last few decades. For this reason and many others – political, cultural and educational – this book reports research on the many facets of the experience and people involved, both now and in the past. The emphasis in research has so far tended to focus on contemporary student mobility but this collection deliberately includes articles on mobile staff, because the question of mobility is a matter for universities and higher education in its entirety and not just a matter of bringing new students into existing and unchanging lectures, laboratories and seminars. Despite the fact that universities are and have been international institutions in their composition from the beginning, universities became in the 19th and 20th century de facto national institutions. This has changed and continues to change in the 21st century, for many reasons, but often financial, as universities seek to enhance their budgets in a globalised economy, and students seek to enhance their employment chances by acquiring qualifications with a difference. However, even if the starting point is financial, nonetheless the chapters in this book demonstrate that the effects of mobility are much more far-reaching. The effects are on host universities, on the university community of staff and students, on the ways in which staff and students understand the nature of university study, on the ways students may or may not integrate with a local community. By experiencing something different—for institutions, an influx of students with different ideas about academic study, for students an interaction with ‘locals’ and with other ‘internationals’, for staff a challenge to their assumptions about teaching and learning—all see themselves in a new light and are often forced to change. This book charts the changes which are happening now and will undoubtedly continue for the foreseeable future. It therefore offers all involved a reflection on their own experience and practice and the means of improving them.

Download or read book L interculturel en francophonie written by Jean-Louis Dufays and published by EME Editions. This book was released on 2006-04-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qu'il faille, aujourd'hui plus que jamais, "enseigner l'interculturel", c'est-à-dire ouvrir les élèves dès le plus jeune âge et jusqu'à la fin de leurs études à une connaissance nuancée et à un respect réel des cultures étrangères, est assez généralement admis. Mais, pour avoir quelque chance de ne pas demeurer un voeu pieux, cet objectif ne requiert-il pasune prise en compte sérieuse des représentations a priori que les élèves se sont forgées sur les autres cultures ?...

Download or read book Les Repr sentations interculturelles en didactique des langues cultures written by Carmen Alén Garabato and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ce volume rassemble plusieurs travaux de jeunes chercheuses membres de l'"Atelier de Recherche en Sociolinguistique et d'étude des représentations concernant le traitement des "représentations culturelles (et interlinguistiques) dans la perspective de l'enseignement - apprentissage des langues étrangères (pour l'essentiel du français Langue Etrangère). Cette publication s'inscrit dans une large réflexion, transdisciplinaire et les enquêtes et analyses présentées embrassent plusieurs problématiques solidaires parmi lesquelles celles de l'image ou de la perception de l'apprentissage de la langue-culture cible, toutes deux soumises au stéréotypage.

Download or read book L approche interculturelle dans l enseignement apprentissage des langues trang res written by Feliciano José Pedro and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'approche interculturelle, devenue transversale et interdisciplinaire, a été adoptée puis érigée en composante essentielle, incontournable et incontestable en didactique de langues étrangères depuis les années 1970. Cependant, une analyse critique de la bibliographie dédiée et des différents usages, tous domaines confondus, fait ressortir des malentendus et des positionnements épistémologiques et méthodologiques diversifiés, voire même contradictoires, amenant ainsi certains auteurs à dresser des critiques et à proposer des pistes de réorientation. Par ailleurs, nous avons constaté que dans le domaine d'enseignement des langues étrangères au Mozambique, l'interculturel n'était pas aussi omniprésent et ne faisait pas l'objet de plusieurs recherches au même titre qu'en Europe, par exemple. C'est dans cette perspective que nous avons mené cette recherche afin d'évaluer les connaissances des enseignants et les mécanismes de prise en compte de cette approche dans les cours de français langue étrangère au Mozambique. Pour ce faire, nous avons analysé des documents (programmes et manuels) et mené des enquêtes par le biais d'observations non participantes, d'entretiens semi-directifs et d'un questionnaire. En croisant les résultats des différentes analyses, nous avons constaté que les discours et les représentations étaient marqués par la tendance générale caractérisant l'interculturel car, d'une part, tous les enseignants croient et déclarent savoir ce qu'il est, tout en éprouvant des difficultés à expliquer ses mécanismes et à illustrer leurs connaissances avec des activités mises en place en classe et, d'autre part, ils considèrent comme interculturelles des activités et pratiques plutôt civilisationnelles et culturalistes. Ceci nous amène à douter de la pratique de l'interculturel dans ce contexte, malgré les objectifs contenus dans le programme et les déclarations des enseignants. En effet, nous avons noté que les notions étaient mal maîtrisées, conduisant à des incohérences dans les représentations des enseignants. Nous estimons qu'il est nécessaire de mettre en place des actions visant l'approfondissement, la mise à jour des acquis et la prise en compte de cette dimension à trois niveaux : la formation des enseignants, les programmes et les manuels d'enseignement.

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Download or read book Region Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe written by Klaus Roth and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeastern Europe is often portrayed as an area plagued by endemic nationalisms, a view that seems to be confirmed by the break-up of Yugoslavia. However, a closer look shows that the nation is not the only territorial unit of identification. Regions play an important role as well, especially those that look back on traditions that differ from those of the national state. Thus, the end of socialism also brought forward regional movements which articulated opposition to the dominance of the centralized state. These developments are furthered by the integration into the European Union, whose policy of a "Europe of the Regions" demands strong regional centres for the administration of structural funds and for the empowerment of the regions. The contributions to this volume address the dynamics of regions, regionalism and regional identities in present Southeast Europe, but also look into the history of individual regions. They provide ample material for understanding the complex nature of territorial identification in this rapidly changing part of Europe.

Download or read book Cultural Mediation in Language Learning and Teaching written by Geneviève Zarate and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercultural Competence written by Gerhard Neuner and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercultural Experience and Education written by Geof Alred and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Intercultural Pragmatics written by Istvan Kecskes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Intercultural Pragmatics, the first book on the subject, Istvan Kecskes establishes the foundations of the field, boldly combining the pragmatic view of cooperation with the cognitive view of egocentrism in order to incorporate emerging features of communication.

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Download or read book Handbook of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism written by Geneviève Zarate and published by Archives contemporaines. This book was released on 2011 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built around the concept of linguistic and cultural plurality, this book defines language as an instrument of action and symbolic power. Plurality is conceived here as : a complex array of voices, perspectives and approaches that seeks to preserve the complexity of the multilingual and multicultural enterprise, including language learning and teaching ; a coherent system of relationships among various languages, research traditions and research sites that informs qualitative methods of inquiry into multilingualism and its uses in everyday life ; a view of language as structured sociohistorical object, observable from several simultaneous spatiotemporal standpoints, such as that of daily interactions or that which sustains the symbolic power of institutions. This book is addressed to teacher trainers, young researchers, decision makers, teachers concerned with the role of languages in the evolution of societies and educational systems. It aims to elicit discussion by articulating practices, field observations and analyses based on a multidisciplinary conceptual framework.