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The Performativity of the Intercultural Speaker - Promoting «Savoir Agir» through Improvisational Tasks

English · Hardback

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Whilst the promotion of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) is described as the main aim of foreign language pedagogy in Germany, its development from a performative-linguistic perspective lacks in research. To address this issue, this book argues that an extension of Byram's model of ICC to encompass a further newly-developed savoir is necessary. Savoir agir makes explicit the interplay of intercultural and communicative competences present in the model and foregrounds its embodiment in ad-hoc oral interaction. Furthermore, the book emphasises the potential of methods derived from Improvisational Theatre for developing savoir agir in the language classroom. The second part of the book presents a longitudinal, two-year mixed-methods action-research study in which improvisational tasks were designed and implemented on a regular basis in four English classes with the aim of promoting savoir agir.

List of contents

Introduction - Oral Communication and Language Education Policy - An Extension of Byram's Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence - Speaking Within an Action-Oriented, Task-Supported Language Learning Framework - Drama in Foreign Language Pedagogy - Assumptions on the Pedagogical Potential of Improvisational Theatre - Analysis of the Lesson Plans - Analysis of the Teacher and Learner Interviews - Analysis of the Questionnaires and Observation Schemes - Results Discussed According to the Research Questions - Conclusion - Bibliography .

About the author










Dr. Raphaëlle Beecroft is a researcher and teacher educator in English Language Pedagogy at Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany. Her research interests include the further development of ICC and competences for democratic culture, translation, virtual exchange and drama methods in foreign language pedagogy, teacher personality professionalization as well as the decolonialization and diversification of English language teaching.

Product details

Authors Raphaëlle Beecroft
Assisted by Nicola Würffel (Editor)
Publisher Peter Lang
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2022
 
EAN 9783631851111
ISBN 978-3-631-85111-1
No. of pages 300
Dimensions 148 mm x 24 mm x 210 mm
Weight 509 g
Illustrations 23 Abb.
Series KFU - Kolloquium Fremdsprachenunterricht
KFU ¿ Kolloquium Fremdsprachenunterricht
Subject Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries

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