700 Reasons: Reason #57
- Reason: 57
- The intercultural dimension in language teaching aims to develop learners as intercultural speakers or mediators who are able to engage with complexity and multiple identities and to avoid the stereotyping which accompanies perceiving someone through a single identity
- Reference:
- Byram, M., Gribkova, B., Starkey, H. (2002) Developing the Intercultural Dimension in Language Teaching: A Practical Introduction for Teachers (Strasbourg: Council of Europe)
- Related Keywords:
- Communication, Identity, Intercultural competence, Teaching, Values
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