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Meta-pragmatic awareness and intercultural competence : the role of reflection and interpretation in intercultural mediation
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McConachy, Troy and Liddicoat, Anthony (2016) Meta-pragmatic awareness and intercultural competence : the role of reflection and interpretation in intercultural mediation. In: Dervin, F. and Gross, Z., (eds.) Intercultural Competence: Alternative Approaches for Today’s Education. London : Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., pp. 13-25. (In Press)
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Abstract
Previous models of intercultural competence which have been influential in foreign language education have tended to treat language competencies and intercultural competencies as separate components (e.g. Byram, 1997). Although language competencies are seen as a requirement for communicating across cultures, language is more or less positioned as a neutral “tool” for “bridging” cultural differences. This paper takes a pragmatics perspective on intercultural mediation, considering the role of meta-pragmatic awareness in shaping the interpretation of language in use across cultural boundaries. The paper examines instances of language learners’ attempts at intercultural mediation in the form of reflective commentaries on their processes of sense-making in relation to pragmatic phenomena across languages. Such instances of interpretation show that meta-pragmatic awareness functions as an important resource for drawing together cultural understandings from multiple languages and constructing creative solutions to intercultural problems.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. | ||||
Place of Publication: | London | ||||
Book Title: | Intercultural Competence: Alternative Approaches for Today’s Education | ||||
Editor: | Dervin, F. and Gross, Z. | ||||
Official Date: | 10 February 2016 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 13-25 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 March 2016 |
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