From foreign language education to education for intercultural citizenship : essays and reflections
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Bibliographic Information
From foreign language education to education for intercultural citizenship : essays and reflections
(Languages for intercultural communication and education, 17)
Multilingual Matters, c2008
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 95 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-272) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This collection of essays and reflections starts from an analysis of the purposes of foreign language teaching and argues that this should include educational objectives which are ultimately similar to those of education for citizenship. It does so by a journey through reflections on what is possible and desirable in the classroom and how language teaching has a specific role in education systems which have long had, and often still have, the purpose of encouraging young people to identify with the nation-state. Foreign language education can break through this framework to introduce a critical internationalism. In a 'globalised' and 'internationalised' world, the importance of identification with people beyond the national borders is crucial. Combined with education for citizenship, foreign language education can offer an education for 'intercultural citizenship'.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Purposes
1 Foreign Language Education in Context
2 Purposes for Foreign Language Education
Possibilities
3 Is Language Learning Possible at School?
4 The Intercultural Speaker - Acting Interculturally or Being Bicultural
5 Intercultural Competence and Foreign Language Learning in the Primary School
6 Analysis and Advocacy: Researching the Cultural Dimensions of Foreign Language Education
Perspectives
7 Nationalism and Internationalism in Language Education
8 Language Learning in Europe
9 Foreign Language Teaching as Political Action
II INTERCULTURAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
10 Language Education, Political Education and Intercultural Citizenship
11 Education for Intercultural Citizenship
12 Policies for Intercultural Citizenship Education
13 Curricula for Intercultural Citizenship Education
14 Assessment and/or Evaluation of Intercultural Competence and Intercultural Citizenship
Conclusion
References
Appendix
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