Researching intercultural competence in language learners: Gaps between theory and methodology

Irina Tiurikova - Traditional approaches to intercultural competence (IC) in language learning have been criticised for reproducing cultural differentialism, a…

The development and validation of an intercultural competence evaluation instrument for upper secondary foreign language teaching

Esther Schat, Ewout van der Knaap , Rick de Graaff - Intercultural competence is a crucial element of foreign language…

Planning, implementing, and evaluating a non-essentialist training programme for study abroad in the Japanese HE context

Gareth Humphreys - Short-term study abroad (SA) programmes are often promoted as an effective way of developing English language skills…

Promoting teacher professionalism in language education from the perspective of critical intercultural literacy

Fan Fang , Tariq Elyas - Against the backdrop of globalisation, many English language teaching (ELT) curricula emphasise the need…

Scientific concepts as meaning-making resources for young EFL learners in the learning of pragmatics

Anders Myrset - This article reports on a study investigating the role of scientific concepts in the metapragmatic awareness of…