Despite the global trend of growing diversity in student enrolment, most teacher education programmes remain inward-looking, oriented to national core standards and resist academic calls for internationalisation. While we agree that internationalisation at home is possible under certain circumstances, we put forward the argument that dialogic…

Foreign language learners often have limited opportunity to interact with people from the target culture and develop their intercultural competence (IC) through those interactions both inside and outside of the classroom. To identify a new opportunity to engage Korean EFL learners in innovative ways to maximize target language interactions and…

This paper describes the author's experience with a pilot course of Italian in SL®[superscript 2]. The course is part of a PhD research on "Exploring the potential of virtual worlds to promote Intercultural Awareness in students learning Italian as a Foreign Language." In the paper the author will justify her choice of virtual worlds for…

In this article, the author shares a content-based English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) workshop that strengthens language acquisition, increases intrinsic motivation, and bridges cultural divides. He uses a rock and roll workshop to introduce an organizational approach with a primary emphasis on cultural awareness content and a…

This article focuses on how to teach intercultural communicative competence to learners of English as a foreign language enrolled in a university exchange program in Europe, and help them become "intercultural speakers." The intercultural speaker can be defined as an intermediary between his or her own culture and the other's culture.…

The concept of an intercultural center, primarily located in "inner city" areas with a high concentration of low income minority groups, is explored in this discussion of the Tulare County, California institution. An attempt to reach and teach members of minority groups precludes a formalized approach to instruction and seeks to develop greater…

INCLUDED ARE REPORTS AND REPORT SUMMARIES ON BILINGUALISM IN TERMS OF (1) THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND COUNSELING VIEWPOINTS, (2) PROGRAMS, METHODS, AND MATERIALS, AND (3) RECRUITMENT AND PREPARATION OF BILINGUAL TEACHERS. THE FIRST REPORT DEFINES BILINGUAL SCHOOLING, PRESENTS FIVE VARIABLES AFFECTING SUCH SCHOOLING, ANALYZES SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITUATIONS,…