This paper reviews existing evidence on how the intercultural competence of young people
can be promoted by schools. It begins by examining the concept of intercultural competence …

Language teaching has long been associated with teaching in a country or countries where
a target language is spoken, but this approach is inadequate. In the contemporary world …

This book presents the background to the current shift in language education towards action-
oriented/action-based teaching, and provides a theorization of the Action-oriented Approach …

Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication is a lively and accessible
introduction for undergraduates who are new to the study of intercultural communication …

This article discusses intercultural communicative competence (ICC) as a present-day
theoretical and practical concern. Byram's (1997) model of ICC serves as a point of …

Virtual exchange is a well-known pedagogical approach in foreign language (FL) education
which involves engaging classes in online intercultural collaboration projects with …

Language is not simply a tool for communication-symbolic power struggles underlie any
speech act, discourse move, or verbal interaction, be it in face-to-face conversations, online …

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 …

The purpose of this special issue is to bring the theory of intercultural citizenship education
to readers' attention and to offer teachers and researchers working with this or similar …

Traditionally, the notion of citizenship has been linked to the concept of nation, the 'imagined
community'dependent on a common language. State and nation are assumed to be one: the …