Interculturalism in the foreign language classroom

A foreign language class is above all a network of intersecting cultural patterns. Cultural images constantly circulate in both directions: Language 1¿Language 2. In this context, the teacher and students must be sensitive to this cultural translation without falling into the trap of iconoclasm. This book borrows from the visual arts and literature to shed light on this cultural aspect of a language lesson. Grouped around the theme of the family, trainers and trainees will find an interesting model for raising awareness of intercultural competence. Reading the imagery present in the texts and paintings that this book proposes as a "déclencheur" document offers a clue to negotiating intercultural competence that prepares students to become citizens of the world. Once defined, this global citizenship goes beyond the classroom and extends to the reception structures of the various displaced people in today's large migratory flow. Reading this book can be very useful for foreign language teachers and students, and for public and private managers of the world's geo-migratory areas.