Intercultural language teaching and learning /

• Main Authors: Liddicoat, Anthony, 1962- (Author), Scarino, Angela (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Subjects: Language and languages > Study and teaching.; Intercultural communication > Study and teaching.; Language and culture > Study and teaching.; Multicultural education.; Communicative competence.; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > General.; Fremdsprachenlernen.; Fremdsprachenunterricht.; Kulturkontakt.; Interkulturelles Verstehen.; Interkulturell pedagogik.; Interkulturell kommunikation.; Språkundervisning.; Språk och samhälle.; Utvärderingsmetodik.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118482070; 1118482077; 9781118482094; 1118482093; 9781118482100; 1118482107
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118482070

This wide-ranging survey of issues in intercultural language teaching and learning covers everything from core concepts to program evaluation, and advocates a fluid, responsive approach to teaching language that reflects its central role in fostering intercultural understanding. Includes coverage of theoretical issues defining language, culture, and communication, as well as practice-driven issues such as classroom interactions, technologies, programs, and language assessmentExamines systematically the components of language teaching: language itself, meaning, cul.