Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Language, Culture, and Language Education; The Concept of Method; Critiques of Method; Moving beyond Methods; About this Book; 2 Languages, Cultures, and the Intercultural; Understanding Language; Language as a structural system; Language as a communicative system; Language as social practice; Concluding comments; Understanding Culture; Cultures as national attributes; Cultures as societal norms; Cultures as symbolic systems; Cultures as practices; Culture for language teaching and learning.

The Intercultural: Understanding Language, Culture, and their Relationship3 Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, and Language Learning within an Intercultural Orientation; Introduction: Two Families of Theories; Key Understandings of SLA and Language Learning within Diverse Families of Theories; A Brief History of the Development of Theories of Language Learning; The Acquisition and Participation Metaphors; Expanding Learning: Recognizing the Role of Interpretation in "Moving Between" Linguistic and Cultural Systems; Conclusion.

4 Language Teaching and Learning as an Intercultural EndeavorIntroduction; The intercultural in language learning; The Learner as Focus; Language learner as learner; Language learner as language user; The learner as person; The learner as focus: Concluding comments; Principles for Teaching and Learning Languages from an Intercultural Perspective; Practices for Intercultural Learning; Practices in learning; Conclusion; 5 Designing Classroom Interactionsand Experiences; Expanding "Tasks" to Focus on Interaction and Experiences; The Nature of Interaction; The Experiential Dimension.

Considerations in Developing Interactions and ExperiencesExamples; Example 1: Year 10 Chinese -- examining translation; Example 2: Year 11 and 12 Indonesian: Developing intra- and intercultural understanding; Implications for Teachers and Students as Participantsin Language Learning; 6 Resources for Intercultural Language Learning; Textbooks as Resources for Intercultural Learning; Moving Beyond Textbooks; The Authenticity of the Resource; Literature as an Authentic Resource; Communities as Resources; The Classroom as a Resource; Selecting and Evaluating Resources; Adapting Resources.

Using Resources CriticallyRelating Resources to Each Other; Concluding Comments; 7 Technologies in Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning; Introduction; Information Technologies and Intercultural Learning; Social Technologies and Intercultural Learning; Developing the Potential of Technologies for Intercultural Learning; Technology as information resource; Technology as content contextualization; Technology as communication tool; Technology as a construction kit; Technology as visualization and manipulation; Summary; 8 Assessing Intercultural Language Learning.

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.

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