Foreign Language Learning As Intercultural Experience ― The Subjective Dimension

Witte and Harden collect scholarly essays exploring the interplay between foreign language learning and cultural understanding. Essay titles include, "The Subjective Blending of Spaces in Intercultural foreign Language Learning: Theoretical Considerations and Issues of Assessment," "Social Identity and Language Acquisition: A Case Study," "Measuring the Unmeasurable: On the Objective Assessment of Subjective Learning," and "Developing Self-Learning and Intercultural Skills in a Spanish Course for Volunteers in the World Cup Brazil 2014." Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Arnd Witte is Senior Lecturer in German at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. He has published widely in the field of foreign language learning and intercultural communication, with a particular emphasis on intercultural competence.
Theo Harden is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Second Language Studies at University College Dublin and Professor Adjunto at the University of Brasilia. He has published widely in the area of second language acquisition, particularly German as a second language.