Literature and Intercultural Learning in Language and Teacher Education

Ana Gonçalves Matos is an assistant professor at the Department of Modern Languages, Cultures and Literatures of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University, Lisbon. She is a researcher at CETAPS (Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies), where she integrates the TEALS (Teacher Education and Applied Language Studies) research group.Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer studied French and Portuguese teacher education at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). She is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, at the University of Hamburg (Germany).

• Intercultural language education for the 21st century through literary texts:　an introductionBoys, comics and graphic novels:　preparing the ground for an engagement with readingLa littérature pour la jeunesse à l’épreuve de l’interculturel:　vers une approche complexe de l’altérité à l’écoleThe text’s the thing. Text typologies and interculturality in Portuguese-produced English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks.Los textos literarios en la formación de hablantes interculturales: un articuento de Millás en el aula de ELEIntercultural learning through literature in and out of a Japanese high school classroomIntegrating literature in a curriculum for language teacher educationProject-based intercultural education:　primary schoolteachers’ experiences in a Portuguese schoolThe role-play of identities　by the mediation of Literature:　a small step towards the huge leap of intercultural competence development in teacher training in Mozambique«Littérature et compétence interculturelle en cours de Français Langue Étrangère»:　résultats d’une coopération entre les études littéraires et la didactique des langues romanes dans la formation initiale à l’Université de HambourgAfterword:　Critical intercultural learning through literary texts in language teacher education