From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultura... - 9781847690791

From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural CitizenshipEssays and Reflections\nAuthor(s): Michael Byram\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Multilingual Matters\nISBN-13: 9781847690791, 978-1847690791\nSynopsis\nThis collection of essays and reflections starts from an analysis of the purposes of foreign language teaching and argues that this should include educational objectives which are ultimately similar to those of education for citizenship. It does so by a journey through reflections on what is possible and desirable in the classroom and how language teaching has a specific role in education systems which have long had, and often still have, the purpose of encouraging young people to identify with the nation-state. Foreign language education can break through this framework to introduce a critical internationalism. In a globalised and internationalised world, the importance of identification with people beyond .