Full Description
This book explores how multicultural speakers interact in monolingual, bilingual, and telecollaborative contexts in order to establish evidence-based recommendations for best practices in second/foreign language classrooms and professional settings. The book features leading experts sharing valuable insights and cutting-edge research analyses of talk in interaction. It consists of six parts. Part 1 describes its main purpose, goals, focus, intended audience, and structure. Part 2 investigates how culturally and linguistically diverse speakers position themselves to achieve shared understandings, manage communication challenges, and negotiate cultural differences and misunderstandings during intercultural discussions in monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual classroom and workplace settings. Part 3 analyzes how pronunciation, identity construction, and intercultural awareness converge in diverse educational and sociolinguistic contexts and contribute to an increased appreciation of other cultures and worldviews. Part 4 offers a multidimensional understanding of how meaning is reframed across cultural and linguistic boundaries through textual communication practices, including the use of metaphors, queer translation, and literary discourse analysis. Part 5 evaluates best practices for teaching and assessing in person and online intercultural learning through study abroad programs, digitally mediated cultural exchanges, and telecollaborative projects. Part 6 brings together the accumulated evidence to suggest four main multicultural communication practices and propose 100 research questions for further inquiry. Due to its focus on theory, research, and practice, this book appeals to a mixed audience of applied linguists, researchers, translators, teachers, and other professionals with varying expertise in intercultural and multicultural communication skills development and a wide range of scholarly and teaching interests and perspectives.
Contents
PART 1: Introduction.- 1. Introduction (by editors).- 2. Key Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks (Veronica G. Sardegna, Mariana Lazzaro-Salazar, & Pedro Luchini).- PART 2: Positioning Negotiations During Multicultural Discussions.- 3. Language Teachers' Pathways Towards a Shared Intercultural Stance via Telecollaboration (by Veronica G. Sardegna, Shilpa Parnami, &Vera Dugartsyrenova).- 4. "I can't Allow them to Step on me": Analysing Migrant Doctors' Coaching Leadership Style in Managing Challenging Professional Situations (by Mariana Lazzaro-Salazar & Eva-Maria Graf).- 5. Transculturing in Healthcare Settings: The Case of Genetic Counselling in Hong Kong (by Olga Zayts-Spence).- PART 3: Multilingual Speakers' Identity Formation and Negotiations.- 6. Brazilian Students' Attitudes Towards Model Varieties of English: Understanding Multicultural Learner Identity Through L2 Sounds (by Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves, Ronaldo Lima Jr., & Arthur Dexheimer Trein).- 7. A Multi-layered Approach to Discourse Analysis: Interweaving Systemic Functional Linguistics with Intercultural Studies (by Anna Cristina Chiusano & Pedro Luchini).- 8. Prosody, Identity, and Acculturation: Uncovering Challenges in Improving Argentinean University Students' English Oral Performance (by Bettiana Andrea Blázquez & Valeria Fernanda Arana).- 9. The Effects of Multi-Cultural Identity on Linguistic Teaching Styles in a U.K. Primary School Classroom (by Joanne McDowell).- 10. Biculturalism in (Inter)action in Aotearoa New Zealand (by Meredith Marra, Janet Holmes, & Bernadette Vine).- PART 4: Communication Practices in Multicultural Discussions.- 11. Self-repair Practices in Intercultural Conversations (by Crystal Kusey).- 12. A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Roles and Functions of Pain and Depression Metaphors in Autobiographical Narratives on Chilean and Thai Social Media (by Mariana Pascual & Pattama Patpong).- 13. Prismaticand Queer Translation as Inter/Multicultural Practices: The Role of the Translator as a Meaning-Mediator and Creator (by Luciana Beroiz).- 14. One Language, Many Norms: The Complexity of Relational Practice in Diverse Workplaces (by Bernadette Vine, Janet Holmes, & Meredith Marra).- PART 5. Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Learning.- 15. Best Practices for Assessing Intercultural Learning Through Reflection Essays (by Veronica G. Sardegna, Eliana Berardo, & Carolina Salazar).- 16. Intercultural Online Exchanges as a Multilayered and Dynamic Activity System: Lessons from a Bilingual Discussion Forum between Hindi and English Language Learners (by Shilpa Parnami).- PART 6: Conclusion.- 17. Lessons Learned and Directions for Practice and Research (by editors).
