Pedagogical Approaches to Intercultural Competence Development

Edited By: Christine E. Poteau

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This volume provides an overview of pedagogies and research methodologies that reflect the urgent need to develop intercultural competence in professions like law, medicine, and business. The book highlights approaches across disciplines, promoting collaborative efforts.

Globalization has triggered an increased need to extend linguistic and cultural awareness into action from our daily encounters to our professional interactions. As our communities…

Globalization has triggered an increased need to extend linguistic and cultural awareness into action from our daily encounters to our professional interactions. As our communities continuously grow into linguistically and culturally rich environments, so, too, should our pedagogical and research approaches. Specifically, this volume provides an overview of pedagogies and research methodologies that reflect the urgent need to develop intercultural competence in diverse professions including (but not limited to) law, medicine, business, foreign and second language instruction, and communications. The book re-examines and highlights pedagogical and research approaches to intercultural competence development across disciplines, paving the way to promote collaborative efforts and reassess the critical role of intercultural competence development in distinct fields.

Christine E. Poteau received her PhD in Spanish with a primary concentration in Applied Linguistics from Temple University, USA. She is the recipient of various teaching and professional development awards. Her research and pedagogical interests include intercultural competence development across disciplines, service-learning program development in heritage, foreign, and second language courses, linguistic and ethnic minority populations, and disparities in law and medicine. In 2017, she published Pedagogical Innovations in Foreign Language Learning via Interlocutor Familiarity.