{"product_id":"performativity-of-the-intercultural-speaker","title":"Performativity of the Intercultural Speaker","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhilst 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. \u003ci\u003eSavoir agir \u003c\/i\u003emakes 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 \u003ci\u003esavoir agir\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003esavoir agir\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57259831722328,"sku":"9783631851111","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/performativity-of-the-intercultural-speaker","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}