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This collection of essays analyses the evolution of theory of intercultural competence and its relationship to education for citizenship. It does so by analysing the concepts of intercultural competence, including the notion of the intercultural speaker, by discussing the ways in which language education policy develops and by comparing the theories and purposes of foreign language education and education for citizenship.
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From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship
LANGUAGES FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION Editors: Michael Byram, University of Durham, UK and Alison Phipps, University of Glasgow, UK The overall aim of this series is to publish books which will ultimately inform learning and teaching, but whose primary focus is on the analysis of intercultural relationships, whether in textual form or in people’s experience. There will also be books which deal directly with pedagogy, with the relationships between language learning and cultural learning, between processes inside the classroom and beyond. They will all have in common a concern with the relationship between language and culture, and the development of intercultural communicative competence. Other Books in the Series Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice Michael Byram, Adam Nichols and David Stevens (eds) Intercultural Experience and Education Geof Alred, Michael Byram and Mike Fleming (eds) Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World Manuela Guilherme How Different Are We? Spoken Discourse in Intercultural Communication Helen Fitzgerald Audible Difference: ESL and Social Identity in Schools Jennifer Miller Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning Michael Byram and Peter Grundy (eds) An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching John Corbett Critical Pedagogy: Political Approaches to Language and Intercultural Communication Alison Phipps and Manuela Guilherme (eds) Vernacular Palaver: Imaginations of the Local and Non-native Languages in West Africa Moradewun Adejunmobi Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence Lies Sercu with Ewa Bandura, Paloma Castro, Leah Davcheva, Chryssa Laskaridou, Ulla Lundgren, María del Carmen Méndez García and Phyllis Ryan Language and Culture: Global Flows and Local Complexity Karen Risager Living and Studying Abroad: Research and Practice Michael Byram and Anwei Feng (eds) Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Concepts and Comparisons Geof Alred, Mike Byram and Mike Fleming (eds) Language and Culture Pedagogy: From a National to a Transnational Paradigm Karen Risager Online Intercultural Exchange: An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers Robert O’Dowd (ed.) Deep Culture: The Hidden Challenges of Global Living Joseph Shaules For more details of these or any other of our publications, please contact: Multilingual Matters, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HH, England http://www.multilingual-matters.com
LANGUAGES FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION 17 Series Editors: Michael Byram and Alison Phipps
From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship Essays and Reflections Michael Byram
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS Clevedon • Buffalo • Toronto
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Byram, Michael. From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Essays and Reflections / Michael Byram. Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education: 17 Includes bibliographical references. 1. Languages, Modern–Study and teaching. 2. Multicultural education. 3. Intercultural communication–Study and teaching. I. Title. LB1578.B97 2008 418.0071–dc22 2008000289 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-13: 978-1-84769-079-1 (hbk)