Book: Intercultural communication

[Scott McGinnis]

SERIES: Languages and Intercultural Communication and Education (LICE)

TITLE: Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World: Foreign Language Education as Cultural Politics

AUTHOR: Manuela Guilherme

Available directly from the publishers: www.multilingual-matters.com.

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SUMMARY: 
This text offers theoretical foundations and practical proposals for the 
development of critical cultural awareness and intercultural communication 
competence among prospective and practising foreign language/culture 
educators. It proposes an enhanced cultural and political role for educators 
in this area by relating foreign language/culture education to education for 
democratic citizenship at global, inter- and intra-national levels.
CONTENTS: 
- critical pedagogy as cultural politics 
- philosophical foundations for critical cultural awareness 
- the critical dimension in foreign culture education 
- the teachers' voices - how they view critical cultural awareness in 
foreign language/culture classes 
- preparing critical citizens and educators for an intercultural world

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