Intercultural Dialogue in Practice : : Managing Value Judgment through Foreign Language Education / / Stephanie Ann Houghton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Houghton, Stephanie Ann,
• MitwirkendeR: Houghton, Stephanie,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

The term intercultural dialogue has become a buzzword at policy level, but there is a pressing need to synchronise the terminology of policymakers with that of academics. An overarching aim of this book is to explore the wide-ranging terminology relevant to intercultural dialogue in order to promote clearer consideration of the underlying issues. More specifically, this book reports the findings of a research project conducted in Japan that brought teaching practice to bear upon some of the main conflicting theoretical perspectives on how value judgment should be managed in foreign language education. At the heart of this issue lies the management of prejudice, which is a key dynamic in intercultural dialogue that brings many other factors into play.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Exploring the Roots of Value Judgment -- 1. Information Processing, Socialisation and the Self -- 2. Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism -- 3. Theoretical and Political Perspectives upon Value Judgment -- Part 2: Managing Value Judgment in Foreign Language Education -- 4. Overview of the Study -- 5. The Intercultural Dialogue Model -- 6. Critically Analysing Self and Other -- 7. Critically Evaluating Self and Other -- 8. Shifting the Interface: From Self and Other to Self and Society -- Conclusion -- References -- Index