Review of Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy: From Theory to Practice

Abstract

In second or foreign language (L2) research and education, learners’ development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is of prime importance. In practice, more attention is devoted to language-culture reciprocity, in the sense that language puts cultural reality into words and is dynamically shaped by culture (Mirzaei and Forouzandeh, 2013). This has in turn led to increased emphasis being put on teaching language for ICC. Responding to Byram and Masuhara’s (2013) call to make the language-intercultural communication link explicit, the volume under review aims to provide a sound theoretical background and a thorough review of research on intercultural communication, while also presenting the application of theory to L2 pedagogical practice.