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Comparing and Contrasting Approaches to Education for Transition and Transformation (2023)
Journal Article
Herrmann-Israel, A., & Byram, M. (2023). Comparing and Contrasting Approaches to Education for Transition and Transformation. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2023.2268508

A comparative analysis of two approaches to education in two academic literatures in two languages is the basis for discussion of how education systems should respond to contemporary transitions in the world in an Anthropocene age. The first approach... Read More about Comparing and Contrasting Approaches to Education for Transition and Transformation.

Quality and Equity in Education: A Practical Guide to the Council of Europe Vision of Education for Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship (2023)
Book
Byram, M., Fleming, M., & Sheils, J. (Eds.). (2023). Quality and Equity in Education: A Practical Guide to the Council of Europe Vision of Education for Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship. Multilingual Matters

The work of the Council of Europe in plurilingual and intercultural education is highly influential in Europe and beyond and has been so for many years. The Common European Framework of Reference and its Companion Volume, and related instruments, pro... Read More about Quality and Equity in Education: A Practical Guide to the Council of Europe Vision of Education for Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship.

The political and the ethical in language teaching (2022)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2022). The political and the ethical in language teaching. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16(3), 394-402. https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21088

Having known Claire Kramsch for many years I find it odd to refer to her as ‘Kramsch’, and since this is an invitation to write a ‘comment’ I would prefer to refer to ‘Claire’; but although this is a personal comment, perhaps that is too informal and... Read More about The political and the ethical in language teaching.

Learning to Belong: School, Language, and Identity in North Schleswig in the 1980s (2022)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2022). Learning to Belong: School, Language, and Identity in North Schleswig in the 1980s. In P. Thaler (Ed.), Like Snow in the Sun? (133-154). De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110682120-011

In a seminar in 1982 for “leading members” of the German minority in Nordschleswig, one of the statements which “crystallised” was that “the spiritual basis of the German minority is the declaration of allegiance to German-ness” (emphasis added) and,... Read More about Learning to Belong: School, Language, and Identity in North Schleswig in the 1980s.

Locus of enunciation: insights for intercultural language teaching (2022)
Journal Article
Porto, M., & Byram, M. (2022). Locus of enunciation: insights for intercultural language teaching. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 35(4), 404-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2021.2023562

Recent articles on the problems of ‘locus of enunciation’ have focused on research and publication as well as on theoretical development of the concept. It is an issue in teaching and learning too, and this is the focus of this article which argues t... Read More about Locus of enunciation: insights for intercultural language teaching.

Identity matters in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its Companion Volume (2021)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2023). Identity matters in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its Companion Volume. The Language Learning Journal, 51(2), 253-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2021.1996622

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages has been a major influence on language teaching in Europe and beyond and its Companion Volume will probably have the same significance. It is important therefore that education professionals un... Read More about Identity matters in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its Companion Volume.

Channelling discomfort through the arts: A Covid-19 case study through an intercultural telecollaboration project (2021)
Journal Article
Porto, M., Golubeva, I., & Byram, M. (2023). Channelling discomfort through the arts: A Covid-19 case study through an intercultural telecollaboration project. Language Teaching Research, 27(2), 276-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211058245

In this article we argue, in the context of the current dominance of the performative and instrumental drives characterizing the accountable university, that language and intercultural communication education in universities should also be humanistic... Read More about Channelling discomfort through the arts: A Covid-19 case study through an intercultural telecollaboration project.

Stanley Leathes and his influence on ‘The Leathes Report’ (2021)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2021). Stanley Leathes and his influence on ‘The Leathes Report’. Language & History, 64(2), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597536.2021.1933328

Described as the magna carta of language teaching, the ‘Report of the Committee appointed by the Prime Minister to enquire into the Position of Modern Languages in the Educational System of Great Britain (28 August 1916)’ is known as ‘the Leathes Rep... Read More about Stanley Leathes and his influence on ‘The Leathes Report’.

Teaching Intercultural Citizenship through Intercultural Service Learning in World Language Education (2021)
Journal Article
Barili, A., & Byram, M. (2021). Teaching Intercultural Citizenship through Intercultural Service Learning in World Language Education. Foreign Language Annals, 54(3), 776-799. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12526

Globalization and internationalization have created a need for dialogue among people of different persuasions in our own societies and beyond. Language teachers can meet this challenge through the concepts of intercultural citizenship and intercultur... Read More about Teaching Intercultural Citizenship through Intercultural Service Learning in World Language Education.

Nationalism and Internationalism in Education in Europe in the 1920s through the Eyes of an American Observer (2021)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2023). Nationalism and Internationalism in Education in Europe in the 1920s through the Eyes of an American Observer. Paedagogica Historica, 59(2), 342-360. https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2021.1872659

This article addresses the ways in which education systems responded to the aftermath of World War I with respect to education for nationalism and internationalism. It does so by drawing on theories of internationalism and through an analysis of the... Read More about Nationalism and Internationalism in Education in Europe in the 1920s through the Eyes of an American Observer.

Applied Linguist, Ethnographer, International(ist) Citizen - Perspectives on the Language Learner (2020)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2020). Applied Linguist, Ethnographer, International(ist) Citizen - Perspectives on the Language Learner. Status quaestionis (Roma), 19, 95-108. https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-1983/17141

In this article, I consider three ways of envisioning the language learner, and the disciplines or theories on which they are based. The language learner as ‘applied linguist’ suggests that learners and their teachers draw on linguistic analyses of t... Read More about Applied Linguist, Ethnographer, International(ist) Citizen - Perspectives on the Language Learner.

Politics, origins and futures of the CEFR (2020)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2022). Politics, origins and futures of the CEFR. The Language Learning Journal, 50(5), 586-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2020.1845392

The CEFR was conceived as part of the Council of Europe’s project ‘Language Learning for European Citizenship’. The social and political context out of which this project grew has often been lost from view. This is perhaps due to the success of the C... Read More about Politics, origins and futures of the CEFR.

Errors by Simpson and Dervin (2019) in their description of the Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (2020)
Journal Article
Barrett, M., & Byram, M. (2020). Errors by Simpson and Dervin (2019) in their description of the Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. Intercultural Communication Education, 3(2), 75-95. https://doi.org/10.29140/ice.v3n2.286

In a recent paper, Simpson and Dervin (2019a) offer a radical critique of the Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC). However, Simpson and Dervin’s paper contains numerous factual errors, interpretative... Read More about Errors by Simpson and Dervin (2019) in their description of the Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture.

Representations of internationalisation at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution: From institutional discourse to stakeholders’ voices (2020)
Journal Article
Lourenço, M., Andrade, A. I., & Byram, M. (2020). Representations of internationalisation at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution: From institutional discourse to stakeholders’ voices. Revista lusófona de educação (Em linha), 47(47), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.24140/issn.1645-7250.rle47.04

Internationalisation has become a major concern of higher education institutions around the world, featuring as a goal in their mission statements and agendas. Yet, the ways it is perceived and addressed vary greatly. In some cases, internationalisat... Read More about Representations of internationalisation at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution: From institutional discourse to stakeholders’ voices.

The Responsibilities of Language Teachers when Teaching Intercultural Competence and Citizenship - An Essay (2020)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2020). The Responsibilities of Language Teachers when Teaching Intercultural Competence and Citizenship - An Essay. China media research, 16(2), 77-84

All teachers have responsibilities towards their learners, especially if their learners are children. They make decisions about what to teach, how to teach and what kind of person they expect their learners to become as a result. Language teachers ar... Read More about The Responsibilities of Language Teachers when Teaching Intercultural Competence and Citizenship - An Essay.

International Doctoral Students’ Experience of Supervision: A case study in a Chinese University (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, L., & Byram, M. (2019). International Doctoral Students’ Experience of Supervision: A case study in a Chinese University. Cambridge Journal of Education, 49(3), 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764x.2018.1518405

Internationalisation in higher education is now a worldwide phenomenon but there is little attention paid to internationalisation at doctoral level, although this phenomenon has grown exponentially in recent years. This study focuses on a university... Read More about International Doctoral Students’ Experience of Supervision: A case study in a Chinese University.

An Essay on Internationalism in Foreign Language Education (2018)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2018). An Essay on Internationalism in Foreign Language Education. Intercultural Communication Education, 1(2), 64-82. https://doi.org/10.29140/ice.v1n2.54

This essay is an attempt to introduce into the discourse of Foreign Language Education the concept and phenomenon of internationalism. It begins with an analysis of the ways in which education systems promote nationalism and "national citizenship," a... Read More about An Essay on Internationalism in Foreign Language Education.

The current influence of the CEFR in secondary education: teachers’ perceptions (2018)
Journal Article
Díez-Bedmar, M. B., & Byram, M. (2019). The current influence of the CEFR in secondary education: teachers’ perceptions. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 32(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2018.1493492

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) began to have an influence on language teaching some 20 years ago. However, in spite of the title referring to learning, teaching and assessment of languages, the CEFR has had a far more... Read More about The current influence of the CEFR in secondary education: teachers’ perceptions.

Internationalisation in higher education – an internationalist perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2018). Internationalisation in higher education – an internationalist perspective. On the Horizon, 26(2), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/oth-11-2017-0090

Purpose This paper aims to argue for the significance of internationalism for the internationalisation of higher education. It analyses some conceptualisations and definitions of internationalisation before explaining the concept of internationalism,... Read More about Internationalisation in higher education – an internationalist perspective.

Making a Difference: Language Teaching for Intercultural and International Dialogue (2018)
Journal Article
Byram, M., & Wagner, M. (2018). Making a Difference: Language Teaching for Intercultural and International Dialogue. Foreign Language Annals, 51(1), 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12319

Language teaching has long been associated with teaching in a country or countries where a target language is spoken, but this approach is inadequate. In the contemporary world, language teaching has a responsibility to prepare learners for interacti... Read More about Making a Difference: Language Teaching for Intercultural and International Dialogue.

Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice. (2017)
Book
Wagner, M., Perugini, D., & Byram, M. (Eds.). (2017). Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice. Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/wagner8903

This ground-breaking book is the first to describe in detail how teachers, supported by university educators and education advisers, might plan and implement innovative ideas based on sound theoretical foundations. Focusing on the teaching and learni... Read More about Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice..

Are researchers in Europe European researchers? A study of doctoral researchers at the University of Luxembourg (2017)
Journal Article
Byram, M., Hu, A., & Rahman, M. (2019). Are researchers in Europe European researchers? A study of doctoral researchers at the University of Luxembourg. Studies in Higher Education, 44(3), 486-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1378634

How doctoral researchers (and their supervisors) experience and conceptualise the process of becoming a researcher and the identifications that are enacted during the process has hitherto been researched only in terms of disciplinary and professional... Read More about Are researchers in Europe European researchers? A study of doctoral researchers at the University of Luxembourg.

Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom. (2017)
Journal Article
Porto, M., Houghton, S., & Byram, M. (2018). Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom. Language Teaching Research, 22(5), 484-498. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168817718580

The purpose of this special issue is to bring the theory of intercultural citizenship education to readers’ attention and to offer teachers and researchers working with this or similar concepts the opportunity to make their work known in a context of... Read More about Intercultural citizenship in the (foreign) language classroom..

Service learning and intercultural citizenship in foreign-language education (2017)
Journal Article
Rauschert, P., & Byram, M. (2018). Service learning and intercultural citizenship in foreign-language education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 48(3), 353-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764x.2017.1337722

Service Learning, a pedagogy combining formal learning with community service, has recently developed into Intercultural Service Learning (ISL). Intercultural Citizenship Education (ICE) combines foreign-language education and education for (intercul... Read More about Service learning and intercultural citizenship in foreign-language education.

Exploring Collaborative Work for the Creation of Interdisciplinary Units Centered on Intercultural Citizenship. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wagner, M., Cardetti, F., & Byram, M. (2016). Exploring Collaborative Work for the Creation of Interdisciplinary Units Centered on Intercultural Citizenship. In P. Garrett-Rucks, & A. . E. Fantini (Eds.), Dimension 2016. Special Issue: Focus on Intercultural Competence (35-51)

In this work we report on a collaborative project at a large Northeastern University, in which we explored how to best collaborate to develop interdisciplinary teaching units, which integrate intercultural citizenship (Byram, 2008) into world languag... Read More about Exploring Collaborative Work for the Creation of Interdisciplinary Units Centered on Intercultural Citizenship..

New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and Teaching: Exploring Learners’ Understandings of Texts from Other Cultures (2016)
Book
Porto, M., & Byram, M. (2017). New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and Teaching: Exploring Learners’ Understandings of Texts from Other Cultures. Routledge

Illustrated by an empirical study of English as a Foreign Language reading in Argentina, this book argues for a different approach to the theoretical rationales and methodological designs typically used to investigate cultural understanding in readin... Read More about New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and Teaching: Exploring Learners’ Understandings of Texts from Other Cultures.

Student mobility and internationalisation in higher education: perspectives from practitioners (2016)
Journal Article
Castro, P., Woodin, J., Lundgren, U., & Byram, M. (2016). Student mobility and internationalisation in higher education: perspectives from practitioners. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16(3), 418-436. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2016.1168052

Internationalisation is high on the agenda of higher education institutions across the world. Previous research on national and local policies surrounding this phenomenon has identified different discourses of internationalisation which may have an e... Read More about Student mobility and internationalisation in higher education: perspectives from practitioners.

A curriculum for action in the community and intercultural citizenship in higher education (2015)
Journal Article
Porto, M., & Byram, M. (2015). A curriculum for action in the community and intercultural citizenship in higher education. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 28(3), 226-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2015.1087555

The purpose of the project described here is to demonstrate how the introduction of subject matter and principles from citizenship education into foreign language education combines objectives from both in order to give meaning to language education... Read More about A curriculum for action in the community and intercultural citizenship in higher education.

Researching Cultures of Learning: International Perspectives on Language Learning and Education Researching Intercultural Learning: Investigations in Language and Education (2015)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2015). Researching Cultures of Learning: International Perspectives on Language Learning and Education Researching Intercultural Learning: Investigations in Language and Education. ELT Journal, 69(3), 331-334. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccv019

At the end of the introduction to Researching Cultures of Learning, the editors suggest that this book can be usefully seen in conjunction with two others, one from 2011 entitled Researching Chinese Learners and one from 2013 (i.e. the same year as R... Read More about Researching Cultures of Learning: International Perspectives on Language Learning and Education Researching Intercultural Learning: Investigations in Language and Education.

Twenty-five years on – from cultural studies to intercultural citizenship (2014)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2014). Twenty-five years on – from cultural studies to intercultural citizenship. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 27(3), 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2014.974329

At the editor's invitation this article was written as an analysis of the development of the intercultural dimension of foreign language teaching over the last 25 years. It is in part a personal reflection based on an article written for this journal... Read More about Twenty-five years on – from cultural studies to intercultural citizenship.

Identifications through languages. (2013)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2013). Identifications through languages. In R. Machart, C. Lim, S. Lim, & E. Yamato (Eds.), Intersecting Identities and Interculturality: Discourse and Practice (45-56). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Sprachenpolitik zwischen Theorie und Praxis. (2013)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2013). Sprachenpolitik zwischen Theorie und Praxis. In G. Gombos (Ed.), Mehrsprachigkeit grenzuberschreitend. Modelle, Konzepte, Erfahrungen (35-45). Drava Verlag

Citizenship Education. (2013)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2013). Citizenship Education. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), Wiley Online encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley

Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research (2013)
Journal Article
Byram, M., Holmes, P., & Savvides, N. (2013). Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research. The Language Learning Journal, 41(3), 251-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2013.836343

Language teaching and learning has undergone a ‘cultural turn’ since the emergence of ‘the Communicative Approach’ and ‘Communicative Language Teaching’ in the 1970s. The earlier study of language, which involved the study of literary and other texts... Read More about Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research.

Teaching communicative and intercultural competence (2013)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2013). Teaching communicative and intercultural competence. Lend. Lingua e nuova didattica, 2, 34-43

A group of 13-year-old English children studying French have received from a partner group in France some materials, produced in English, showing them attitudes to ‘law and order’ in France. They too have prepared and sent materials, in French, for t... Read More about Teaching communicative and intercultural competence.

Language teaching and its contexts (2013)
Journal Article
Byram, M. (2013). Language teaching and its contexts. Iranian journal of language teaching research, 1(1), 1-26

The title of this new journal provides opportunity to review the many contexts which need to be taken into account in reflecting upon foreign language teaching. These contexts include the educational, the fact that much language teaching takes place... Read More about Language teaching and its contexts.

Intercultural competence. (2012)
Book Chapter
Byram, M., & Masuhara, H. (2013). Intercultural competence. In B. Tomlinson (Ed.), Applied linguistics and materials development (143-160). Bloomsbury

Intercultural Competence. (2012)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2013). Intercultural Competence. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), Wiley Online Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0554

“Intercultural competence” has become a sufficiently established phrase to justify the publication of a handbook (Deardorff, 2009). “Intercultural” as a term in language teaching emerged in the 1980s as a development of the concept of “communicative... Read More about Intercultural Competence..

La competence interculturelle. (2011)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2011). La competence interculturelle. In P. Blanchet, & P. Chardent (Eds.), guide pur la recherche en didactique des langues et des cultures (253-260). Editions des Archives Contemporaines

Intercultural citizenship - an education perspective. (2011)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2011). Intercultural citizenship - an education perspective. In M. Barrett, C. Flood, & J. Eade (Eds.), Nationalism, Ethnicity, Citizenship (163-180). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

A research agenda for 'intercultural competence'. (2011)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2011). A research agenda for 'intercultural competence'. In A. Witte, & T. Harden (Eds.), Intercultural competence. Concepts, challenges and evaluations (19-36). Peter Lang

Recherche et prise de position. (2011)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2011). Recherche et prise de position. In P. Blanchet, & P. chardent (Eds.), Guide pur la recherche en didactique des langues et des cultures (41-44). Editions des Archives Contemporaines

Fremds[prachen] didaktik in englischsprachigen Landern. (2010)
Book Chapter
Byram, M., Lapkin, S., LoBianco, J., Met, M., & Scott, A. (2010). Fremds[prachen] didaktik in englischsprachigen Landern. In W. Hallet, & F. Konigs (Eds.), Handbuch Fremdsprachendidaktik. Klett/Kallmeyer

An overview of the international influences oon the CEFR. (2010)
Book Chapter
Byram, M., & Parmenter, L. (2010). An overview of the international influences oon the CEFR. In M. Schmidt, N. Naganuma, F. O'Dwyer, A. Imig, & K. Sakai (Eds.), Statements in language education in Japan and beyond - Applications of the CEFR. Asahi Press

Researching residence and study abroad. (2008)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2008). Researching residence and study abroad. In S. Ehrenreich, G. Woodman, & M. Perrefort (Eds.), Auslandsaufenthalte in Schule und Studium. Bestanbdsaufnahme aus Forschung und Praxis (19-28). Waxman

From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship. Essays and Reflection. (2008)
Book
Byram, M. (2008). From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship. Essays and Reflection. Multilingual Matters

This collection of essays analyses the evolution of theory of intercultural competence and its relationship to education for citizenship. It does so by analysing the concepts of intercultural competence, including the notion of the intercultural spea... Read More about From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship. Essays and Reflection..

Familiarising the Stranger: Immigrant Perceptions of Cross-cultural interaction and Bicultural Identity. (2007)
Journal Article
De Korne, H., Byram, M., & Fleming, M. (2007). Familiarising the Stranger: Immigrant Perceptions of Cross-cultural interaction and Bicultural Identity. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 28(4), 290-307

As contact between cultures continues to increase, the impact that this has on cultural identity and belonging is unclear. Cross-cultural or bicultural identification remains a relatively unexplored phenomenon. Is it possible, natural or potentially... Read More about Familiarising the Stranger: Immigrant Perceptions of Cross-cultural interaction and Bicultural Identity..

Culture and language learning: teaching research and scholarship (2004)
Journal Article
Byram, M., & Feng, A. (2004). Culture and language learning: teaching research and scholarship. Language Teaching: Surveys and Studies, 37(3), 149-168. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261444804002289

This review of work on the cultural dimension of language teaching updates one from 1986 and shows that there has been a considerable growth in interest since then. The focus has been largely on the elaboration of conceptual models and theories and t... Read More about Culture and language learning: teaching research and scholarship.

The Politics of Bilingualism: a reproduction analysis of the policy of mother tongue education in Hong Kong after 1997 (2003)
Journal Article
Lai, P., & Byram, M. (2003). The Politics of Bilingualism: a reproduction analysis of the policy of mother tongue education in Hong Kong after 1997. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 33(3), 315-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057920302595

After the resumption of sovereignty in 1997 mother tongue education in Hong Kong, though it began with the good intention of national reintegration, politically, socially, culturally and educationally, has escalated the tensions and contradictions of... Read More about The Politics of Bilingualism: a reproduction analysis of the policy of mother tongue education in Hong Kong after 1997.

Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study of Residence Abroad (2002)
Journal Article
Alred, G., & Byram, M. (2002). Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study of Residence Abroad. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 23(5), 339-352

Examines the long-term learning of a cohort of students who had participated in a study abroad year. Draws on research that took place during the study abroad year and 10 years later. Data were analyzed in terms of the development of intercultural co... Read More about Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study of Residence Abroad.

Language Learners as Ethnographers (2001)
Book
Roberts, C., Byram, M., Barro, A., Jordan, S., & Street, B. (2001). Language Learners as Ethnographers. Multilingual Matters

This book describes a new approach to teaching and learning cultural studies. Borrowing the idea of ethnography from anthropologists, it argues that language students can be taught methods for investigating the cultural and social patterns of interac... Read More about Language Learners as Ethnographers.