A Plea for Intercultural Training through Language Learning
A Plea for Intercultural Training through Language Learning

Summary/Abstract: This article sets out to meet questions about intercultural communication in an increasingly demanding communication environment. It is an account of the evolution of key terms in the field of language training and research and although it does not offer explicit practical input into teaching a language interculturally, it contains information on guidelines and patterns of thought that helped to design the view of language teaching that we share today. The analysis of the evolution of the English language as an international means of communication is meant to raise awareness to the complex problems that teachers of English face when they have to teach intercultural competence and not just language in a restricted sense.

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