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Author Houghton, Stephanie Ann

Title Critical Cultural Awareness : Managing Stereotypes through Intercultural (Language) Education
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Stephanie Ann Houghton -- Part I. Defining, Eliciting and Illustrating Stereotypes -- Chapter 1. Theory and Practice of Stereotypes in Intercultural Communication / Maria Lebedko -- Chapter 2. Remedying Negative Stereotypes by Identifying the Origins of Stereotypes: From Semantic or Affective Learning? / Yvimiko Furumura -- Chapter 3. Uncovering Stereotypes: Intersections of Race and English Native-Speakerhood / Damian J. Rivers, Andrew S. Ross -- Chapter 4. Comparing Stereotypes of Chinese, Japanese and Russian People: Mutual Perceptions of Students from Neighbouring Countries / Stephanie Ann Houghton, Maria Lebedko, Song Li -- Chapter 5. Stereotyping and De-Stereotyping in the Chinese ELT Context / Song Li -- Part II. Addressing Stereotypes through Intercultural (Language) Education -- Chapter 6. Unmasking Stereotypes in Travel Guides: A Teaching Activity for Intercultural Foreign Language Education / Claudia Borghetti -- Chapter 7. Managing Stereotypes through Complex Cultural Dialogue and Transformative Processes / Gerlind Vief-Schmidt -- Chapter 8. Managing Stereotypes through Experiential Learning / Stephanie Ann Houghton -- Chapter 9. Developing Teachers' Critical Pedagogic Competence: From Teacher Autobiography to Teacher-Designed Intercultural Activities / Ewa Bandura -- Chapter 10. Critical Pedagogy: Stereotyping as Oppression / Leticia Yulita -- Chapter 11. The Visual Representation: An Instrument for Research and Instruction on the Cultural Dimension of Foreign Language Reading / Melina Porto -- Chapter 12. Stereotype Management in Intercultural Education through the Analysis of Critical Incidents / Maria Lebedko -- Index
Summary In a rapidly globalizing world, one of the most challenging barriers to be overcome is the stereotype. This book aims to promote understanding of the nature of stereotypes, and to suggest ways in which teachers can manage them by developing critical cultural awareness as an intrinsic part of the intercultural communicative competence of their students. Part 1 of the book explores ways of defining, eliciting and illustrating stereotypes from theoretical standpoints. Part 2 showcases ways of a ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Stereotyping
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Form Electronic book
Author Furumura, Yumiko
Lebedko, Maria
Li, Song
ISBN 9781443867665
1443867667
1322180067
9781322180069