Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom

This book uses examples of classroom interaction to reveal how teachers of languages act as intercultural mediators and the implications of this for practice. The book offers an account of what teachers are thinking, feeling and doing as they enact an intercultural perspective on language teaching and learning.

About the author

Michelle Kohler is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia, and Lecturer in Languages Education and Indonesian language at Flinders University. Her research interests are mediation, particularly in relation to intercultural language teaching and learning, languages pedagogy, curriculum and assessment, and Indonesian language education.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Kohler
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781783093052
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-305-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 321 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Co
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures