SIETAR-Kansai Monthly Programs

November 2006

Intercultural language learning:
What it means for Australia and why it is likely to manifest differently within the Japanese context.

Date:
November 5, 2006 Sunday 14:00-16:00

Presenter:
Dr. Lindy Norris (Murdoch University, Western Australia)

Place:
Nishinomiya-shi Daigaku Koryu Center (ACTA Higashikan, 6F, Room2),
2 min. from the North Exit of Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi St.

TEL. (0798)69-3155
http://daigaku.nishi.or.jp/info/accessmap.html

Fee:
Members and Students 500 Yen, Non-members 1,000 Yen

Language:
English

Description of the Program:
The development of intercultural competence and its place in language teaching and learning has become an increasingly important area of consideration for language educators over the past decade. What it means, and where it means what is, however, a focus for on-going discussion and debate in the field of Applied Linguistics.

This seminar provides an opportunity for the concept of intercultural competence to be situated historically, politically, educationally and ideologically. Intercultural competence will then be examined as an important construct in education in both Australia and Japan. The criticality of econtextf within any interpretation / application of the concept will be explored and then used in order to locate and explain how intercultural competence is interpreted in Australia and why this interpretation may have only limited utility in Japan.

Profile of the Presenter:
Dr Lindy Norris is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Murdoch University in Western Australia. She works in the areas of second language research, professional development for language educators, curriculum design, and program evaluation and change management. In recent years her research has encompassed many dimensions of languages education in the Australian context and her work has made a significant contribution to the development of policy and practice in the learning of languages within Australia. Her current research interests are wide ranging. She is investigating issues associated with the place of second languages within school power and curricular constructs. She is also investigating how m-learning can enrich second language learning programs in schools. In addition, she is working on a number of projects associated with second language socialization and the development of intercultural competence.

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