Books by Michael Byram

This revised edition of Michael Byram's classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. The book is an invaluable guide for teachers and curriculum developers, taking them from a definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence through planning for teaching to assessment.

Tidsskriftet Sprogforum formidler forskeres og praktikeres erfaringer, undersøgelser og ideer inden for kultur- og sprogpædagogik med henblik på fremmed- og andetsprogundervisning i forskellige dele af uddannelsessystemet. Sprogforum tager temaer op der er centrale for undervisning i sprog og kultur, og som også et relevante på tværs af fag, såsom interkulturel kompetence, literacy, digitalisering af undervisning, læringsrum osv.Sprogforum henvender sig til alle med interesse for sprog- og kulturundervisning: Sproglærere, undervisere på læreruddannelser, lærebogsforfattere, forskere og pædagogiske ledere.Sprogforum udkommer to gange om året og er fagfællebedømt. Artiklerne er lettilgængelige og belyser fra forskellige vinkler et aktuelt tema.

This book deals with the acquisition of understanding of foreign cultures and peoples. It is also a study of the philosophy and purpose of language teaching in all its facets, in the context of foreign language teaching in secondary education. It attempts to raise awareness of the full educational value of foreign language learning.

This book analyses the evolution of theory of intercultural competence and its relationship to education for citizenship. It analyses the concepts of intercultural competence by discussing the ways in which language education policy develops and by comparing the theories and purposes of foreign language education and education for citizenship.