Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond: Evolving Concepts, Perspectives and Practices

by Troy McConachy (Editor), Irina Golubeva (Editor), Manuela Wagner (Editor)

Overview

This book provides a contemporary and critical examination of the theoretical and pedagogical impact of Michael Byram’s pioneering work on intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship within the field of language education and beyond. The chapters address important theoretical and empirical work on the teaching, learning, and assessment of intercultural learning, and highlight how individual language educators and communities of practice enact intercultural learning in locally appropriate ways. The book offers comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible knowledge for researchers, teachers, teacher-trainers and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800412620
Publisher:	Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Publication date:	04/12/2022
Series:	Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education , #38
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	392
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Troy McConachy is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use: Exploring Pragmatics and Culture in Foreign Language Learning (2018, Multilingual Matters).

Irina Golubeva is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Intercultural Communication at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. She is the editor of From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship (with Michael Byram, Han Hui and Manuela Wagner, 2016, Multilingual Matters).

Manuela Wagner is Professor of Language Education and Director of the German Language and Culture Program at the University of Connecticut, USA. She is the editor of Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (with Dorie Conlon Perugini and Michael Byram, 2017, Multilingual Matters).

Troy McConachy is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use: Exploring Pragmatics and Culture in Foreign Language Learning (2017, Multilingual Matters).

Irina Golubeva is Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s Program in Intercultural Communication in the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA). Her main research interests concern the development of intercultural competence and multilingual awareness, internationalization of Higher Education, and conceptualization of active intercultural citizenship. She is strongly committed to non-profit work and served for seven years as a Vice-President of the European Association of Teachers. Most recently, she was elected to serve on the Board of the International Academy of Intercultural Research. 

Manuela Wagner holds a PhD in English Studies with a specialization in linguistics from Graz University, Austria. Her research focuses on the integration of Intercultural Competence and Intercultural Citizenship (Byram, 1997, 2008) in (language) education and across the curriculum from elementary school through post-secondary education. She is particularly interested in the interplay of theory and practice and has been part of and helped create communities of practice to implement theories of Intercultural Competence and Citizenship as well as related theoretical frameworks (theories of criticality, intercultural communication, social justice, intellectual humility) in practice. The resulting book projects include the co-edited volumes Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (2018) and Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Principles in Practice (2017), and the co-authored book Teaching Intercultural Citizenship Across the Curriculum: The Role of Language Education (2019). She also investigates the role of educators as advocates for all (language) learners.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Contributors
External Reviewers

Mike Fleming: Foreword

Irina Golubeva, Manuela Wagner and Troy McConachy: Introduction: Michael Byram’s Contribution to Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond 

Michael Byram: A Biographical Sketch

Part 1: Evolving Conceptual Foundations

Chapter 1. Karen Risager: Intercultural Communicative Competence: Transnational and Decolonial Developments

Chapter 2. Troy McConachy: Language Awareness and Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisiting the Relationship

Chapter 3. Anthony J. Liddicoat: Intercultural Mediation in Language Teaching and Learning

Chapter 4. Martyn Barrett and Irina Golubeva: From Intercultural Communicative Competence to Intercultural Citizenship: Preparing Young People for Citizenship in a Culturally Diverse Democratic World

Chapter 5. Paloma Castro, Ulla Lundgren and Jane Woodin: Intercultural Dialogue and Values in Education

Chapter 6. Manuela Guilherme: From Critical Cultural Awareness to Intercultural Responsibility: Language, Culture and Citizenship

Chapter 7. Alison Phipps: Conflict and the Cognitive Empire: Byram’s Critical Cultural Awareness

Part 2: Intercultural Development in Diverse Contexts: Perspectives and Practices

Chapter 8. Jane Jackson, Sin Yu Cherry Chan and Tongle Sun: Intercultural Development in the Context of Mobility

Chapter 9. Petra Rauschert and Claudia Mustroph: Intercultural Education through Civic Engagement: Service Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom

Chapter 10. Beatriz Peña Dix: Revisiting Intercultural Communicative Competence in Language Teacher Education: Perspectives from Colombia

Chapter 11. Angela Scarino and Michelle Kohler: Assessing Intercultural Capability: Insights from Processes of Eliciting and Judging Student Learning

Chapter 12. Aleidine J. Moeller: The NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements for Intercultural Communication: Cultivating Sojourners in the Language Classroom

Chapter 13. Shuoqian Qin and Prue Holmes: Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence

Chapter 14. Rita A. Oleksak and Fabiana Cardetti: Engaging Educators: Facilitating Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice in the USA

Chapter 15. Manuela Wagner and José Aldemar Álvarez Valencia: Developing Intercultural Citizenship and Intellectual Humility in High School German

Chapter 16. Melina Porto and Verónica Di Bin: When the Axiom of Supranational Communication in Intercultural Citizenship Theory is not Met: Enriching Theory and Pedagogy

Chapter 17. Lihong Wang: Towards a Shared Future: Michael Byram’s Engagement with the Chinese Academic Community

Looking Back and Looking Forward

Marjukka Grover: Mike Byram and Multilingual Matters: A 40-year Partnership

Joe Sheils: Mike Byram’s Commitment to Council of Europe Values

Martyn Barrett: Working with Mike Byram

Prue Holmes: Tribute to Mike Byram

Index

Editorial Reviews

This volume demonstrates the worldwide dissemination and far-reaching influence of Michael Byram’s thoughts and can function as excellent supplementary reading to his classic works. It could benefit readers such as language teachers and novice researchers, just like me. The critical examination of Byram’s work can help readers to develop an indepth understanding of his concepts and gain valuable insights for future ICC research and practice. The concrete examples of the innovative applications of his theories in locally appropriate ways can stimulate pedagogical innovations in language teaching practice.

Li Yi (Jessie)

I found the volume accessible, coherent, and well-edited. A significant contribution of the book is that it provides a thoughtful account of the evolution and impact of Byram’s work in intercultural learning with individual chapters offering critical evaluations or reflections on different aspects of his work.

Yunwen Su

It is exceptionally striking that this volume is not only intellectually inspiring with cutting-edge research and insights from leaders in the field of intercultural studies in education, but also emotionally touching. Most noticeably, all contributions have been crafted with a warm heart paying sincere tributes to a genuinely great individual!

University of Nottingham Ningbo China Anwei Feng

In this inspiring celebratory volume, editors and contributors successfully manage to capture Mike Byram’s indelible contribution to languages and intercultural education spanning several decades and educational contexts while also looking forward to future possibilities inspired by his work. The collection of chapters combines comprehensive, critical retrospective with original theoretical and empirical applications of Mike Byram’s scholarly works, along with heartfelt memoirs reflecting on his academic and personal legacy.

Adriana Raquel Díaz

In this global collection, one can easily see the impact of the work of a pioneer scholar. It is indispensable for anyone who is interested in the way language education can change the world for the better, inspired by the insights and research of Michael Byram. Highly recommended!

Terry A. Osborn

...the volume confirms that Byram’s ICC scholarship continues to offer a springboard for researchers to critique, refine, and propose new ideas for research and teaching, with a lasting and significant impact on language learning and teaching practices. We believe that these conceptual and pedagogical innovations will continue to transform the landscape of language education in the coming decades.

Caihong Xie

It is exceptionally striking that this volume is not only intellectually inspiring with cutting-edge research and insights from leaders in the field of intercultural studies in education, but also emotionally touching. Most noticeably, all contributions have been crafted with a warm heart paying sincere tributes to a genuinely great individual!

Universityof Nottingham Ningbo China Anwei Feng