This book explores the educational significance of intercultural experience. It offers a broader conception of interculturality than commonly found in the area of foreign language teaching. It aims to encourage dialogue and interchange across this range, and beyond, to stimulate thinking about the educational value of intercultural experience.

Foreword Series Editors’ Preface Contributors’ Biographical Notes 1 Geof Alred, Mike Byram and Mike Fleming: Introduction 2 Geof Alred: Becoming a ‘Better Stranger’: A Therapeutic Perspective on Intercultural Experience and/as Education 3 Lothar Bredella: For a Flexible Model of Intercultural Understanding 4 Mike Byram: On Being ‘Bicultural’ and ‘Intercultural’ 5 Leah Davcheva: Learning to be Intercultural 6 Mike Fleming: Intercultural Experience and Drama 7 Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune: An Experience of Interculturality: Student Travellers Abroad 8 Celia Roberts: Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning During Residence Abroad 9 Phyllis M. Ryan: Searching for the Intercultural Person 10 Amita Sen Gupta: Changing the Focus: A Discussion of the Dynamics of the Intercultural Experience 11 David Stevens: English for the English: An Intercultural Approach 12 Susanne Weber: A Framework for Teaching and Learning ‘Intercultural Competence’ 13 Geneviève Zarate: The Recognition of Intercultural Competences: From Individual Experience to Certification Lothar Bredella: Afterword: What Does it Mean to be Intercultural Index