Intercultural Citizenship in Language Education: Teaching and Learning Through Social Action

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· Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education Book 41 · Channel View Publications
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This book explores the framework of Intercultural Citizenship within a variety of US teaching and learning contexts. The chapters, which comprise both conceptual pieces and empirical research studies, represent a wide variety of languages at levels ranging from beginner to advanced, from early elementary through higher education contexts. They urge us to look carefully at how Intercultural Citizenship enhances and expands the work of world language educators by bringing in additional focus on social justice and critical cultural awareness. The book addresses curricular issues, professional development models, language immersion, study abroad, virtual exchanges and teacher education in relation to Intercultural Citizenship. Through its focus on how Intercultural Citizenship is being enacted in a wide variety of learning contexts in the United States, and its theoretical and conceptual investigations of social justice and Intercultural Citizenship, the book will be an invaluable resource for teachers, teacher educators and researchers working on Intercultural Citizenship.

About the author

Kaishan Kong is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA. Her research interests include Intercultural Communicative Competence, Intercultural Citizenship, World Language Education and Teacher Education.

Allison Spenader is a Professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, Minnesota, USA. Her research interests include Intercultural Development in Study Abroad, Intercultural Citizenship, Immersion Education, Critical Content-Based Language Instruction (CBI , CLIL) and Teacher Preparation.

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