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3 - Intercultural Awareness and Good Language Teachers

from Part I - Macro Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Jonathan Newton ,
Fenty Siregar  and
Thi Phuong Thao Tran
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Chapter 3 looks at trends in intercultural language teaching and learning and presents findings from two studies focused on teachers’ intercultural teaching practices. It draws on research to offer implications for the enhancement of intercultural competence in the classroom and teachers’ reflectivity on their intercultural awareness.

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intercultural awarenessautoethnographydiversity
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 28 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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