Introduction 1
The Tourist and the Sojourner 1
Teaching and Assessment 2
Intercultural Communicative Competence 3
Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence:A Framework 4
1 Defining and Describing Intercultural Communicative Competence 7
Introduction 7
Communicating Across Linguistic and Cultural Boundaries 7
Communication and Interaction 17
Teaching Intercultural Communication in Context 22
Assessment in Context of Intercultural Communicative Competence 29
2 A Model for Intercultural Communicative Competence 31
Introduction 31
Describing Intercultural Communication and the'Intercultural Speaker' 31
Attitudes 34
Knowledge 35
Skills 37
Intercultural Communication in Operation 38
Acquiring Intercultural Communicative Competence in an Educational Setting 43
Relating Intercultural Competence to Communication 47
Intercultural Competence Defined in Terms of Objectives 49
The Developmental Factor 54
3 Objectives for Teaching,Learning and Assessment 56
Introduction 56
Formulating Teaching,Learning and Assessment Objectives 56
Acquiring Intercultural Competence 64
A Comprehensive Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence 70
4 Curriculum Issues 74
Introduction 74
Concepts of Progression 75
A Threshold of Intercultural Communicative Competence? 76
Planning a Curriculum for Intercultural Communicative Competence 78
An Example:Teaching French in an East Coast Region of the USA 81
5 Assessment 87
Introduction 87
Assessing the Five'savoirs' 88
Purposes for Assessment 103
Assessing Levels of Intercultural Communicative Competence 107
Conclusion 110
Conclusion 112
Intercultural Communicative Competence and lingua franca 112
'Foreign'Language Learning 115
References 116