An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching
Published on 11. November 2003
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-85359-684-1 (ISBN)
Description
Intercultural language education has redefined the modern languages agenda in Europe and North America. Now intercultural learning is also beginning to impact on English Language Teaching. This accessible book introduces teachers of EFL to intercultural language education by describing its history and theoretical principles, and by giving examples of classroom tasks.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-684-1 (9781853596841)
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Person
John Corbett is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language at the University of Glasgow. He has taught EFL and British Cultural Studies, and been involved in teacher development in Italy, Russia, South America and the UK. His past publications are on ELT, Stylistics and Translation Studies.
Content
Foreword; Acknowledgements 1. An Intercultural Approach To Second Language Education; 2. Implementing an Intercultural Approach; 3. Culture and Conversational English 4. Culture and Written Genres; 5. Ethnographic Approaches to Culture and Language; 6. Exploring Culture through Interviews; 7. Developing Visual Literacy; 8. Using Literary, Media and Cultural Studies; 9. Assessing Intercultural Communication; 10. Prospects for Teaching and Learning Language and Culture. References Index