Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice

Alison Phipps: Foreword

Michael Byram, Adam Nichols and David Stevens: Introduction

Part 1: In the Classroom

Beginners

1 Carol Morgan: The International Partnership Project

Intermediate

2 Eva Burwitz-Melzer: Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence through Literature

3 Elena Tarasheva and Leah Davcheva: 'Up the Hills of Identity'

Advanced

4 Maria Metodieva Genova: Visual Codes and Modes of Presentation of Television News Broadcasts

5 Iskra Georgieva: An Approach to Implementing a Cultural Studies Syllabus

6 Sylvia Duffy and Janet Mayes: 'Family Life' and 'Regional Identity' - Comparative Studies while Learning French

7 Mary Williams: 'It Must Be Cultural Because I Don't Do It': Cultural Awareness in Initial TESOL Teacher Education

Part 2: Beyond the Classroom

Using New Technologies

8 Lynne Parmenter and Yuichi Tomita: Virtual Intercultural Competence: A Programme for Japanese Elementary School Students

9 Sheila Carel: Students as Virtual Ethnographers: Exploring the Language Culture-Connection

10 Clare Dodd: Working in Tandem: an Anglo-French Project

11 Paul Whittaker: New Tools for Old Tricks: Information and Communication Technology in Teaching British Cultural Studies

In the Field

12 Jane Woodin: Tandem Learning as an Intercultural Activity

13 Judith Parsons and Peter Junge: 'Why Do Danes Put Their Elderly in Nursing Homes?' - Working Outside the Classroom with Adult Second Language Learners

Part 3: Developing Resources

14 Leon Aktor and Karen Risager: Cultural Understanding in Danish Schools

15 Tanya Madjarova, Magdalena Botsmanova and Tanya Stamatova: 'I Thought My Teacher Fancied Me'

16 Krassimira Topuzova: British and Bulgarian Christmas Cards: A Research Project for Students

17 Francoise Vigneron: Study of Landscapes as an Approach to Openness to Others

Further Reading

Index