B Ritish a Ssociation for a Pplied L Inguistics / C Ambridge U Niversity P Ress / U Niversity of S Heffield

Seminar Objectives To bring together researchers working in the field of intercultural communication pedagogy, particularly-but not exclusively-in higher education, so as to develop a dialogue around the following kinds of question:  What contribution can a discourse approach make to the learning/teaching of intercultural communication?  How far is intercultural communication necessarily interdisciplinary in nature? And what are the implications for teaching/learning?  How can intercultural communication pedagogy address the mismatch between textbook accounts of intercultural encounters and the reality of such encounters?  Within SLA, how easily does an intercultural approach sit with syllabi whose main focus is on language learning? The discussion will help identify research issues in intercultural communication and SLA and thus lay a basis for future projects.