Сonceptual foundations for designing a textbook focused on preparing a future foreign language teacher for intercultural communication

Лилия Силкович

Минский государственный лингвистический университет, Кафедра лингводидактики и методики обучения иностранным языкам


Abstract

The article gives an insight into some basic conceptual guidelines on how to design a university foreign language textbook as a tool for developing students’ intercultural communicative competence. The fundamental methodological approaches and principles for creating it are defined. In addition, an innovative textbook focused on preparing a future foreign language teacher for intercultural communication, designed in accordance with the described requirements, is presented

Keywords:

foreign language textbooks, teaching intercultural communication, principles for designing textbooks, methodological approaches

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Published
2020-12-30


Силкович, Л. (2020) “Сonceptual foundations for designing a textbook focused on preparing a future foreign language teacher for intercultural communication”, Linguodidactica, 24, pp. 255–264. doi: 10.15290/lingdid.2020.24.18.

Лилия Силкович 
Минский государственный лингвистический университет, Кафедра лингводидактики и методики обучения иностранным языкам