TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raphaëlle Beecroft
PY  - 2022
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631878415
TI  - The Performativity of the Intercultural Speaker
T2  - Promoting «Savoir Agir» through Improvisational Tasks
DO  - 10.3726/b19707
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1254965
N2  - Whilst the promotion of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) is described as the main aim of foreign language pedagogy in Germany, its development from a performative-linguistic perspective lacks in research. To address this issue, this book argues that an extension of Byram’s model of ICC to encompass a further newly-developed savoir is necessary. Savoir agir makes explicit the interplay of intercultural and communicative competences present in the model and foregrounds its embodiment in ad-hoc oral interaction. Furthermore, the book emphasises the potential of methods derived from Improvisational Theatre for developing savoir agir in the language classroom. The second part of the book presents a longitudinal, two-year mixed-methods action-research study in which improvisational tasks were designed and implemented on a regular basis in four English classes with the aim of promoting savoir agir.
LA  - English
ER  -