Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education

Erscheinungsjahr 1989
ISBN: 978-1-85359-017-7
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

Written by the winner of the 1987 BAAL book prize, this book deals with the acquisition of understanding of foreign cultures and peoples. It is also a study of the philosophy and purpose of language teaching in all its facets, in the context of foreign language teaching in secondary education. The book is written for language teachers and, though it draws on disciplines not usually included in their education and professional training, it does so from within the profession's own perspective. It is an attempt to raise teachers' and learners' awareness of the full educational value of foreign language learning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byram, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Foreign Language Teaching and Education

2. Foreign Language Teaching in a Multi-ethnic Society

3. Cultural Studies within Foreign Language Teaching

4. Contemporary Views on Cultural Studies

5. Analysing, Describing and Understanding a Foreign Culture

6. Psychological Dimensions of Cultural Studies Learning

7. Cultural Knowledge and Cultural Information: Some Empirical Evidence

8. Model for Language and Culture Teaching

Über Autor(innen)

Byram, Michael
Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, England. Having studied languages at Cambridge University, he taught French and  German in school and adult education and then did teacher education at Durham. He was adviser to the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe and then on the expert group which produced the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. His research has included the education of minorities, foreign language teaching and intercultural competence, and more recently on how the PhD is experienced and assessed in a range of different countries.

Michael Byram taught languages in secondary school and adult education. At Durham University since 1980, now emeritus, he has researched the education of linguistic minorities and foreign language education. His most recent book is From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship (Multilingual Matters) and he is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.