Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence

Michael Byram

ISBN 10: 1800410239 / ISBN 13: 9781800410237

Published by Multilingual Matters, GB, 2020

About this Item

2nd edition of a classic text that has been used around the world in teacher training.This revised edition of Michael Byram's classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching should prepare learners to use a language with fluency and accuracy, and also to speak with people who have different cultural identities, social values and behaviours, the book is an invaluable guide for teachers and curriculum developers, taking them from a definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence through planning for teaching to assessment.This edition refines the definitions of the five 'savoirs' of intercultural competence, and includes new sections on issues such as moral relativism and human rights, mediation, intercultural citizenship and teachers' ethical responsibilities.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters, GB
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800410239
• ISBN 13: 9781800410237
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 316 grams

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Synopsis

This revised edition of Michael Byram's classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching should prepare learners to use a language with fluency and accuracy, and also to speak with people who have different cultural identities, social values and behaviours, the book is an invaluable guide for teachers and curriculum developers, taking them from a definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence through planning for teaching to assessment. This edition refines the definitions of the five 'savoirs' of intercultural competence, and includes new sections on issues such as moral relativism and human rights, mediation, intercultural citizenship and teachers' ethical responsibilities.

About the Author

Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at the University of Durham, UK. He has published numerous books, including most recently Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (edited with Manuela Wagner and Dorie Conlon Perugini, Multilingual Matters, 2017).