{"product_id":"the-performativity-of-the-intercultural-speaker-promoting-savoir-agir-through-improvisational-tasks-9783631851111","title":"The Performativity of the Intercultural Speaker: Promoting «Savoir Agir» Through Improvisational Tasks","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicola Würffel | Raphaëlle Beecroft\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Bilingual Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46443485921431,"sku":"9783631851111","price":5569.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783631851111.webp?v=1769126879","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-performativity-of-the-intercultural-speaker-promoting-savoir-agir-through-improvisational-tasks-9783631851111","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}