Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education

Michael Byram taught languages in secondary school and adult education. At Durham University since 1980, now emeritus, he has researched the education of linguistic minorities and foreign language education. His most recent book is From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship (Multilingual Matters) and he is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Foreign Language Teaching and Education2. Foreign Language Teaching in a Multi-ethnic Society3. Cultural Studies within Foreign Language Teaching4. Contemporary Views on Cultural Studies5. Analysing, Describing and Understanding a Foreign Culture6. Psychological Dimensions of Cultural Studies Learning7. Cultural Knowledge and Cultural Information: Some Empirical Evidence 8. Model for Language and Culture Teaching