Cultural Awareness in Multilingual Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23675522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Byram (0000-0003-1116-2366, University of Luxembourg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0294 |
| OpenAlex | W1485639082 |
| ISBN | 9781405198431 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
“Cultural awareness,” as a quick Internet search will show, is a widely used phrase and consequently has no single precise meaning. It is used to refer to awareness of diversity within a society and among societies. It is often associated with “training,” involving specific activities which draw attention to diversity and encourage and deliberately develop positive attitudes and understanding. Such training is directed at adults in their professional and working lives. It is linked through this to “intercultural competence” which is based in part on heightened cultural awareness and which is itself fundamental to “intercultural communication.” This field of activity and study is well enough established to have spawned “handbooks” (e.g., Straub, Weidemann, & Weidemann, 2007; Deardorff, 2009) and many textbooks (e.g., Holliday, Hyde, & Kullman, 2004; Jandt, 2004; Chen & Starosta, 2005).
Competence (human resources) · Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics) · Intercultural communication · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Pedagogy · Phrase · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Anthropology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |