Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning

Contents: Arnd Witte: The Subjective Blending of Spaces in Intercultural Foreign Language Learning: Theoretical Considerations and Issues of Assessment - Virg­lio Pereira de Almeida: Communicative Competence for a Sitcom Audience - Werner M¼ller-Pelzer: The Role of Corporeal Communication in Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience - Theo Harden: The Most Frustrating Experience in Foreign Language Learning: Listening Intently and Still Not Understanding - Elke Hentschel: Social Identity and Language Acquisition: A Case Study - Claus Gnutzmann/Jenny Jakisch/Frank Rabe: Writing Academic English across the Disciplines: Intercultural Experiences of Different Kinds - Kristin Brogan/Helen Kelly/Muiris " Laoire: Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience: The Subjective Dimension - Jennifer Bruen: Cognitive Dissonance and the Subjective Mind in Foreign Language Learning: The Use of Structured Academic Controversy in the German Language Classroom - Rachel Lindner: English Learner - English Speaker - Intercultural Speaker - Digital Native: Student Construction of Communicative Competence Gained through Reflection on Computer- Mediated Exchange - Undine S. Weber: Can Studying a Foreign Language Build or Improve (Inter-)Cultural Competence? A Preliminary Case Study of Students' Subjective Impressions - Rebecca S. C. Domingo: Measuring the Unmeasurable: On the Objective Assessment of Subjective Learning - Edna Gisela Pizarro/Juan Pedro Rojas: Developing Self-Learning and Intercultural Skills in a Spanish Course for Volunteers in the World Cup Brazil 2014.