Adriana Raquel Díaz is Associate Lecturer at the School of Languages and Linguistics, Griffith University, Australia. Her main research activities focus on the development of intercultural competence, the variables affecting the implementation of intercultural language curricula and teaching methodologies as well as teachers' journeys in the development of intercultural language learning pedagogies.

• ForewordPrefaceIntroductionPART I – THE THEORY/PRACTICE GAP IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PEDAGOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATIONChapter 1 – Stumbling Blocks to Bridging the Theory/Practice GapChapter 2 – From Stumbling Blocks into Building BlocksPART II – THEORY VS. PRACTICE AND THE REALM OF POSSIBILITYChapter 3 – Case Studies of Curricular InnovationChapter 4 – The Good, the Bad and the FeasiblePART III – BRIDGING THE GAP WITHOUT FALLING INTO THE PRECIPICEChapter 5 - Articulating the Feasible with Sustainable InnovationConclusion - Prospects for a Field in Transition

The book is reader-friendly and thus, capable of attracting and holding readers’ attention. Moreover, it is a book written for quite a wide readership, including scholars of applied linguistics and language teaching, language teachers, language curriculum designers as well as students of linguistics. In closing, I have no hesitation to suggest this book to anyone who is interested in language and culture teaching, particularly in tertiary education irrespective of their context of study and work.