A critical discussion of Byram’s model of intercultural communicative competence in the light ofbildungtheories
| Autor: | Hild Elisabeth Hoff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Intercultural Education. 25:508-517 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8439 1467-5986 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14675986.2014.992112 |
| Popis: | Inherently concerned with the personal and cultural development of individuals, intercultural competence can be regarded as an inseparable aspect of Bildung. However, while scholars have acknowledged the affiliation between these two concepts, what remains to be investigated is the extent to which notions of Bildung are incorporated in theoretical models of intercultural competence. This is an important aspect to study because such models constitute the foundation for how intercultural competence is understood as an educational goal. The present article examines Byram’s model of intercultural communicative competence, which has been particularly influential within the field of foreign language didactics. The article investigates how this model corresponds to Bildung theories in its description of the ideal encounter between Self (own culture) and Other (foreign cultures), and discusses the learning processes which may be involved. Relying on the theoretical perspectives of Gadamer, Bakhtin, Ricoeur and Kl... |
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