Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Dubious dichotomies and deceptive symmetries
The importance of context in language education
A discourse perspective
Notes
1 Educational challenges
Of challenges and conditions
Challenge as action
Challenge as paradox
Challenge as dialogue
Double-voiced discourse
Dialogic breakthrough
Notes
2 Contexts of speech and social interaction
Whats in a context?
Discourse and culture
Contextual shaping
Conclusion
Notes
3 Teaching the spoken language
Five case studies
Problems and paradoxes
Teaching language as (con)text
Note
4 Stories and discourses
Dimensions of particularity
Understanding particularity
Conclusion
Note
5 Teaching the literary text
Current practices
Defining the reader
Teaching the narrative
Teaching poetry
Post-teaching activities
Conclusion
Notes
6 Authentic texts and contexts
What is cultural authenticity?
The communicative proficiency approach
The discourse analysis approach
The challenge of multimedia
Notes
7 Teaching language along the cultural faultline
Cultural reality and cultural imagination
C2， C2： reconstructing the C2 context of
production and reception
C1， C1 ： constructing a context of reception in
the learners native culture
C1， C2 in the eyes of others
Of bridges and boundaries
Notes
8 Looking for third places
A popular culture
A critical culture
An ecological culture
Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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