There is pressure on world language educators to prepare learners with 21st century skills
to meet the challenges of an increasingly interconnected globalized world. The need for …

Reflection as a tool for the development of an intercultural dimension in language learning is
mentioned to varying degrees in curriculum documents, guidelines and the literature. While …

This survey study gathered data from 63 secondary school teachers of six different foreign
languages in the state of Utah. The study describes how secondary FL teachers viewed the …

This study investigates the development of intercultural competence (IC) in a university
French conversation class through a course module that features student ethnographic …

The present study employs an interdisciplinary approach that bridges theories from second
language acquisition, education, and psychology, and centers on finding new techniques to …

In this basic qualitative study, the researcher explored how secondary world language
teachers in 6-12 public schools across nine school districts in the American Midwest …

Despite increasing professional interest in the study of cultures and the development of
intercultural competence in the field of foreign language education, it remains difficult for …

Abstract Language educators encounter challenges of integrating meaningful cultural
content and assessment into ELL curricula, mainly due to inadequate professional support …

This classroom action research explores discipline-based inquiry and learner assessment of
intercultural competence in a simulated" Moving Abroad" project that is part of an …

This article describes a modular set of activities based on television news for teaching
French language, cultural knowledge, and intercultural capability. The latter term echoes …