Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Communication: An International Investigation reports on a study that focused on teachers' beliefs regarding intercultural competence teaching in foreign language education. Its conclusions are based on data collected in a quantitative comparative study that comprises questionnaire answers received from teachers in seven countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Mexico, Greece, Spain and Sweden. It not only creates new knowledge on the variability, and relative consistency, of today's foreign language teachers' views regarding intercultural competence teaching in a number of countries, but also gives us a picture that is both more concrete and more comprehensive than previously known.
Foreword/ Preface
1. Teaching Foreign Languages in an Intercultural World - Lies Sercu
2. Objectives of Foreign Language Education and Culture Teaching Time - Paloma Castro and Lies Sercu
3. Familiarity and Contacts with Foreign Cultures - Phyllis Ryan and Lies Sercu
4. Pupils' Culture-and-language Learning Profile - María del Carmen Méndez García and Lies Sercu
5. Culture Teaching Practices - Ewa Bandura and Lies Sercu
6. Culture in Foreign Language Teaching Materials - Leah Davcheva and Lies Sercu
7. Experiential Culture Learning Activities: School Trips and Exchange Projects - Chryssa Laskaridou and Lies Sercu
8. Opinions Regarding Different Facets of Intercultural Competence Teaching - Lies Sercu
9. The Foreign Language and Intercultural Competence Teacher - Lies Sercu
10. The Future of Intercultural Competence in Foreign Language Education: Recommendations for Professional Development, Educational Policy and Research - Lies Sercu
Appendix 1: Questionnaire/ Appendix 2: Bonferroni Multiple Comparison Test Results
