Preface
Introduction
The Tourist and the Sojourner
Teaching and Assessment
Intercultural Communicative Competence
Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative
Competence: A Framework
1 Defining and Describing Intercultural Communicative Competence
Introduction
Communicating Across Linguistic and Cultural Boundaries
Communication and Interaction
Teaching Intercultural Communication in Context
Assessment in Context of Intercultural Communicative
Competence
2 A Model for Intercultural Communicative Competence
Introduction
Describing Intercultural Communication and the
'Intercultural Speaker'
Attitudes
Knowledge
Skills
Intercultural Communication in Operation
Acquiring Intercultural Communicative Competence
in an Educational Setting
Relating Intercultural Competence to Communication
Intercultural Competence Defined in Terms of Objectives
The Developmental Factor
3 Objectives for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Introduction
Formulating Teaching, Learning and Assessment Objectives
Acquiring Intercultural Competence
A Comprehensive Model of Intercultural
Communicative Competence
4 Curriculum Issues
Introduction
Concepts of Progression
A Threshold of Intercultural Communicative Competence?
Planning a Curriculum for Intercultural Communicative
Competence
An Example: Teaching French in an East Coast Region
of the USA
5 Assessment
Introduction
Assessing the Five 'savoirs'
Purposes for Assessment
Assessing Levels of Intercultural Communicative
Competence
Conclusion
Conclusion
Intercultural Communicative Competence and lingua franca
'Foreign' Language Learning
References