《从外语教育到跨文化公民教育--文集与思考》一书的作者Michael Byram(拜拉姆)是英国杜伦大学教育学院终身荣誉教授,也是欧洲理事会语言政策部门的项目顾问。
本书以全新的视角,精辟地论述了跨文化交际能力理论的演变及其与公民教育的关系;清晰地界定了跨文化交际能力的概念及跨文化语者(intercultural speaker)的概念;深入地探讨了语言教育政策的发展路径;详细地比较了外语教育和公民教育的理论和目标。本书书名两次提到教育,核心词是“教育”,两个介词“from…to”的使用给从外语教育到跨文化公民教育提供了新的研究视角。
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Foreign Language Education
Purposes
Foreign Language Education in Context
Defining Foreign Language Education
Foreign Language Education Policies
Evaluation and Planning of Foreign Language Education
Policies for Plurilingual Learners in Multilingual Environments.
Purposes for Foreign Language Education
The Benefits of Foreign Language Education
Purposes and Policies: Three Cases
Possibilities
Is Language Learning Possible at School?
The Ambitions of Policy-makers
Defining and Comparing 'Success' .
Expectations at the End of Compulsory Education
Matching Policies with Possibilities
The Intercultural Speaker: Acting Interculturally or Being
Bicultural
Being Bicultural
Acting Interculturally
A Comparison of Being Bicultural and Acting Interculturally..
5 Intercultural Competence and Foreign Language Learning in the Primary School
Context and Content
Learning Foreign Languages and Cultures in Primary Education
Teachers of Language and Culture in Primary Education
Curriculum Planning and Teaching Materials
Conclusion
Analysis and Advocacy: Researching the Cultural Dimensions of
Foreign Language Education
Analysis and Advocacy
Analysis of Culture Learning and Language Learning
Advocating Directions for Culture Learning
Perspectives
Nationalism and Internationalism in Language Education
'Language Educators'.
Foreign Language Educators
Education In and Beyond the Nation State
Socialisation and Social Identity
National and International Identities
Languages and Identities in the Curriculum
Language Learning in Europe
A Political Aspiration
European Identity as a Social Identity?
Language and Identity
Socialisation
European Identity and Language Learning
Foreign Language Teaching as Political Action
Education for Teachers of Languages
Education for Teacher Educators?
Part 2: Intercultural Citizenship Education
10 Language Education, Political Education and Intercultural
Citizenship
Politische Bildung
Critical Cultural Awareness
Conceptual and Linguistic Relativism
Communication in Transnational Communities
Ethical Dimensions of Education for Intercultural Citizenship.
11 Education for Intercultural Citizenship
A Framework for Political and Language Education
Education for Intercultural Citizenship
12 Policies for Intercultural Citizenship Education
Citizens and Their Communities
Education for Citizenship beyond the Nation State: Europe . .
13 Curricula for Intercultural Citizenship Education
Transnational Political Activity in Education
Levels of 'ActIng Interculturally'.
14 Assessment and/or Evaluation of Intercultural Competence and
Intercultural Citizenship
'Assessment' and 'Evaluation' .
Attributing Value
Portfolios and Profiles
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Intercultural Competence
Appendix 2: Sources for Teacher Training for Intercultural Competence
Appendix 3: Framework for Intercultural Citizenship
Appendix 4: Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters
Notes
References