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Anwei Feng - Becoming Interculturally Competent Through Education and Training - 9781847691620 - V9781847691620
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Becoming Interculturally Competent Through Education and Training

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Description for Becoming Interculturally Competent Through Education and Training Paperback. Demonstrates the complementarity of educational and training approaches to developing intercultural competence as represented by those who work in commercial training and those who work in further and higher education. This book presents chapters of analysis and chapters describing courses in the two sectors. Editor(s): Feng, Anwei (University of Bangor); Byram, Michael (University of Durham); Fleming, Mike. Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFDM; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.

The development of intercultural competence is the avowed purpose of teachers/trainers in commercial training and further and higher education, and yet the approaches are often seen as different and even in opposition. This book shows that there is complementarity in ‘education’ and ‘training’ in theory and in practice. The first group of chapters focuses on analysis of intercultural experience and the competence needed to be successful in that experience. The following chapters describe the practice of courses in both commercial and educational contexts where it becomes evident that ‘education’ and ‘training’ are indeed complementary without denying the tensions which exist ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Condition
New
Weight
309 g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847691620
SKU
V9781847691620
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Anwei Feng
Anwei Feng is Reader in education at University of Wales, Bangor and has research interests in intercultural studies and bilingualism in education. Mike Byram is Professor Emeritus in Education at the University of Durham with research interest in policy and practice in intercultural education and language teaching. Mike Fleming is Professor of Education at ... Read more

Reviews for Becoming Interculturally Competent Through Education and Training
This anthology is another major achievement from the ‘Durham team’ and is by far their most honest and balanced volume in terms of theory, research and practice. The contributions, skillfully weaved together, offer thought-provoking and inspiring coverage of many untrodden paths of the vital scholarship on intercultural competence. A must read!
Fred Dervin, PhD (Turku) & Docteur ès Lettres ... Read more

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