{"product_id":"intercultural-language-teaching-and-learning-isbn-9781405198103","title":"Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of theoretical issues defining language, culture, and communication, as well as practice-driven issues such as classroom interactions, technologies, programs, and language assessment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines systematically the components of language teaching: language itself, meaning, culture, learning, communicating, and assessments, and puts them in social and cultural context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures numerous examples throughout, drawn from various languages, international contexts, and frameworks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates a decade of in-depth research and detailed documentation from the authors’ collaborative work with practicing teachers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a much-needed addition to the sparse literature on intercultural aspects of language education\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage, Culture, and Language Education 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Concept of Method 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritiques of Method 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving beyond Methods 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout this Book 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Languages, Cultures, and the Intercultural 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding Language 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage as a structural system 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage as a communicative system 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage as social practice 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding comments 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding Culture 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultures as national attributes 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultures as societal norms 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultures as symbolic systems 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultures as practices 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture for language teaching and learning 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Intercultural: Understanding Language, Culture, and their Relationship 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, and Language Learning within an Intercultural Orientation 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Two Families of Theories 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Understandings of SLA and Language Learning within Diverse Families of Theories 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief History of the Development of Theories of Language Learning 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Acquisition and Participation Metaphors 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding Learning: Recognizing the Role of Interpretation in “Moving Between” Linguistic and Cultural Systems 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Language Teaching and Learning as an Intercultural Endeavor 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe intercultural in language learning 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Learner as Focus 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage learner as learner 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage learner as language user 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe learner as person 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe learner as focus: Concluding comments 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples for Teaching and Learning Languages from an Intercultural Perspective 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractices for Intercultural Learning 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractices in learning 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Designing Classroom Interactions and Experiences 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding “Tasks” to Focus on Interaction and Experiences 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Interaction 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Experiential Dimension 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsiderations in Developing Interactions and Experiences 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExample 1: Year 10 Chinese – examining translation 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExample 2: Year 11 and 12 Indonesian: Developing intra- and intercultural understanding 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications for Teachers and Students as Participants in Language Learning 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Resources for Intercultural Language Learning 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextbooks as Resources for Intercultural Learning 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving Beyond Textbooks 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authenticity of the Resource 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterature as an Authentic Resource 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunities as Resources 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Classroom as a Resource 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelecting and Evaluating Resources 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdapting Resources 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Resources Critically 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelating Resources to Each Other 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Comments 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Technologies in Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformation Technologies and Intercultural Learning 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Technologies and Intercultural Learning 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping the Potential of Technologies for Intercultural Learning 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology as information resource 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology as content contextualization 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology as communication tool 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology as a construction kit 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology as visualization and manipulation 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Assessing Intercultural Language Learning 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContextualizing Assessment and Language Learning 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe tension between traditional and alternate assessment paradigms 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe institutional character of assessment 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Process of Assessment 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualizing 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEliciting 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudging and validating 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe need for experimentation 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Programming and Planning 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrograms and Programming in a Traditional Perspective 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualizing Content for Language Teaching and Learning 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural understandings of content 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunicative understandings of content 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContent-based language teaching 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcept-based understandings of content 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContent for intercultural language teaching and learning 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning for Complexity 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning for Conceptual Learning 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-Term and Short-Term Planning 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning whole of learning 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning a course 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning a unit of work 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning a lesson 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Place of Context in Planning Programs 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Evaluating Language Programs 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature and Purpose of Program Evaluation 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadigms that Shape Program Evaluation 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process of Evaluation 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Principles for Teaching and Learning Languages and Implications for Evaluation 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluation and Teacher Professional Learning 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 195\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Indeed, Intercultural Language Teaching and Learningcan be a valuable read for anybody interested in language and cultural diversity and the process that leads to intercultural competency”.  (\u003ci\u003eThe Delta Intercultural Academy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Valuable for those studying linguistics, second-language acquisition, and language teaching.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony J. Liddicoat\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Scarino\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Director of the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis research-based survey of teaching and learning practice in intercultural language education explores the full spectrum of methodological issues. Its focus on the intercultural aspects of language teaching and learning is vitally relevant to our increasingly integrated world, reflecting the current consensus that learning languages plays a crucial role in developing our understanding of the rich diversity of human cultures. The text offers trainee and practicing teachers, as well as researchers and graduate students, a ready point of access to the wealth of insight and experience accumulated by the authors over a decade of research. Underpinned by the material generated throughout years of collaboration with working teachers, the work features detailed documentation of teaching practice spanning a multitude of languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgressing from a discussion of core theoretical concepts in language, culture, and learning, the book provides detailed assessment of numerous factors related to teaching languages, including classroom interactions, technologies, program evaluation, language assessment, and professional development. It provides a much-needed practical toolkit for teachers preparing to develop language programs in which intercultural understanding has a central role to play. Eschewing prescriptive notions of ‘method’, the authors advocate a responsive pedagogy that is open to the particularities of context and adapts to the diverse requirements of language learners.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A comprehensive, thorough and authoritative analysis, this book will help those new to the issues in developing their practice, and stimulate others to reflection on future directions.\" ? \u003ci\u003eMichael Byram, University of Durham\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Superb comprehensive reframing of the language learning experience with culture as the meaning-making framework and language as the quintessential means by which culture is mediated. Optimal combination of theory and practice.\" ? \u003ci\u003eClaire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989442871525,"sku":"NP9781405198103","price":88.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405198103.jpg?v=1761784116","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/intercultural-language-teaching-and-learning-isbn-9781405198103","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}