Intercultural Competence and Pragmatics

Autor: Schauer, Gila A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
Předmět:
intercultural competence
pragmatic competence
intercultural teaching
intercultural communicative competence
L2 pragmatics
teaching of L2 pragmatics
intercultural competence in foreign language teaching
language and culture
intercultural skills
intercultural communication
communicative competence
intercultural competence in higher education
intercultural education
interlanguage pragmatics
ICC
IC
bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFG Semantics
discourse analysis
etc::CFGA Semantics & pragmatics

bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference
information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies

bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies
bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education
tertiary education
Druh dokumentu: book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44472-2
Popis: This Open Access book examines the link between intercultural competence (IC) and pragmatics by asking frontline modern foreign language teachers in higher education teaching a variety of languages (e.g., Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish) how they conceptualise intercultural competence and which skills, competences and knowledge they consider important in their teaching contexts. The data were collected with an online survey that focused on the relationship between intercultural competence and pragmatics. While international organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or the Council of Europe (CoE) agree that intercultural competence should play an important role in education, it is not always clear what IC may encompass in specific teaching contexts and subject areas. Examining how modern foreign language teachers in higher education conceptualise intercultural competence and the value they attach as well as the attention they give to various areas of pragmatics in their teaching is highly important, since those language professionals may be the final teachers learners encounter during their formal foreign language education. They are therefore in a unique position to shape modern foreign language learners’ intercultural and pragmatic awareness, competence and skills. This book will be of interest to language professionals, modern foreign language teachers and teacher trainers, as well as students and scholars of applied linguistics, pragmatics, and language education.
Databáze: OAPEN Library