Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence
Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence
Summary
Foreign language teaching should prepare learners to speak fluently, accurately and with people who have different cultural identities, values and behaviours. This text defines precisely what competencies are required, how these can be included in teachers' objectives and how the ability to communicate across cultural differences can be assessed.
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Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence by Michael Byram
Foreign and second language teaching should prepare learners to use a language with fluency and accuracy, and also to speak with people who have different cultural identities, social values and behaviours. This text aims to define precisely what competencies are required, how these can be included in teachers' objectives and methods, and how the ability to communicate across cultural differences can be assessed.Michael Byram taught languages in secondary school and adult education. At Durham University since 1980, now emeritus, he has researched the education of linguistic minorities and foreign language education. His most recent book is From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship (Multilingual Matters) and he is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853593772 |
| ISBN 10 | 185359377X |
| Title | Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence |
| Author | Michael Byram |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Channel View Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 136 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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