Arnd Witte is Senior Lecturer in German at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. He has published widely in the field of foreign language learning and intercultural communication, with a particular emphasis on intercultural competence.Theo Harden is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Second Language Studies at University College Dublin and Professor Adjunto at the University of Brasilia. He has published widely in the area of second language acquisition, particularly German as a second language.

• Contents: Arnd Witte: The Subjective Blending of Spaces in Intercultural Foreign Language Learning: Theoretical Considerations and Issues of Assessment – Virgílio Pereira de Almeida: Communicative Competence for a Sitcom Audience – Werner Müller-Pelzer: The Role of Corporeal Communication in Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience – Theo Harden: The Most Frustrating Experience in Foreign Language Learning: Listening Intently and Still Not Understanding – Elke Hentschel: Social Identity and Language Acquisition: A Case Study – Claus Gnutzmann/Jenny Jakisch/Frank Rabe: Writing Academic English across the Disciplines: Intercultural Experiences of Different Kinds – Kristin Brogan/Helen Kelly/Muiris Ó Laoire: Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience: The Subjective Dimension – Jennifer Bruen: Cognitive Dissonance and the Subjective Mind in Foreign Language Learning: The Use of Structured Academic Controversy in the German Language Classroom – Rachel Lindner: English Learner - English Speaker - Intercultural Speaker - Digital Native: Student Construction of Communicative Competence Gained through Reflection on Computer- Mediated Exchange – Undine S. Weber: Can Studying a Foreign Language Build or Improve (Inter-)Cultural Competence? A Preliminary Case Study of Students’ Subjective Impressions – Rebecca S. C. Domingo: Measuring the Unmeasurable: On the Objective Assessment of Subjective Learning – Edna Gisela Pizarro/Juan Pedro Rojas: Developing Self-Learning and Intercultural Skills in a Spanish Course for Volunteers in the World Cup Brazil 2014.

« [T]he volume […] is a worthwhile read and welcome addition to our body of knowledge on foreign language learning and intercultural competence.»(Tünde Bajzát, Linguist List 2015)