Culture and identity through English as a Lingua Franca : rethinking concepts and goals in intercultural communication / by Will Baker.

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Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 English as a lingua franca (ELF); 1.2 Overview of the book; Chapter 2. Intercultural communication and ELF; 2.1 Characterising intercultural communication; 2.2 Critical approaches to intercultural communication; 2.2.1 Cross-cultural versus intercultural communication; 2.2.2 Critiques of terminology in intercultural communication; 2.2.3 Critiques of approaches in intercultural communication; 2.2.4 Alternative approaches to intercultural communication.

2.3 Points of convergence and conflict between intercultural communication and ELF research2.3.1 Points of misunderstanding and divergence between intercultural communication and ELF research; 2.3.2 Points of convergence between intercultural communication and ELF research; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3. Understanding culture through ELF; 3.1 Conceptions of culture; 3.1.1 The development of the idea of culture; 3.1.2 Culture as product; 3.1.3 Culture as discourse; 3.1.4 Culture as practice; 3.1.5 Culture as ideology; 3.2 Culture, nation and globalisation; 3.2.1 Characterisations of nation.

3.2.2 Characterisations of globalisation3.2.3 Global flows; 3.3 Culture and complexity; 3.3.1 Culture and complexity in the social sciences and applied linguistics; 3.4 Culture and language; 3.4.1 Linguistic relativity; 3.4.2 Linguaculture and the language-culture nexus; 3.4.3 Language and culture as emergent complex systems; 3.5 Culture in ELF research; 3.6 Language and culture through ELF; 3.7 Conclusion; Chapter 4. Culture and identity through English as a lingua franca; 4.1 Characterising identity; 4.1.1 Subjectivity and identity; 4.1.2 The relevance of identity.

4.1.3 Identity and language4.1.4 Identity, difference and others; 4.2 Cultural identity; 4.2.1 Cultural identity, ethnicity and race; 4.2.2 Cultural identity and nationality; 4.2.3 Cultural identity and globalisation; 4.2.4 Cultural identity and interculturality; 4.3 Identity in ELF research; 4.4 Conclusion; Chapter 5. Re-examining intercultural communicative competence: intercultural awareness; 5.1 Communicative competence; 5.1.1 The foundations of communicative competence; 5.1.2 Rethinking communicative competence; 5.2 Intercultural competence; 5.3 Intercultural communicative competence.

5.4 Alternatives to intercultural communicative competence5.5 Intercultural awareness (ICA); 5.6 Conclusion; Chapter 6. ELF and intercultural awareness: implications for English language teaching; 6.1 Culture, the intercultural and ELF in ELT: critiquing current approaches; 6.2 Alternative approaches to culture, the intercultural and ELF in ELT; 6.2.1 Intercultural education and ELT; 6.2.2 Global Englishes, ELF and interculturality in ELT; 6.3 Intercultural awareness in the classroom; 6.4 Conclusion.

The use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) on a global scale forces a reassessment of our understanding of the relationships between language, culture and identity in intercultural communication. This book outlines how we might conceive of this relationship in the fluid communicative practices of ELF, which leads to a revaluation of notions of intercultural competence and related pedagogic practices.

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