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 Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, University of South Australia. Her areas of expertise include mediation, intercultural perspectives on second language teaching and learning, curriculum and assessment design, and language policy and planning. Michelle is particularly interested in praxis and has worked extensively with teachers of languages across all levels of education through participatory action research. She is the author of Teachers as mediators in the foreign language classroom and Developing intercultural language learning. Michelle is the current President of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia and a member of the Intercultural Mediation Research Network, International Association of Applied Linguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Kohler
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.01.2015
• EAN: 9781783093069
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-306-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 211 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Co
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries