The Notion of Intercultural Understanding in the Context of German as a Foreign Language

Contents: Hans-Jurgen Heringer: How to Improve Your Understanding - Gerhard Neuner: The ‘Key Qualifications’ of Intercultural Understanding and the Rudiments of Intercultural Foreign Language Didactics and Methodology - Arnd Witte: How to be an Alien - Learning a Foreign Language and Understanding Culture - Adelheid Hu: Intercultural Learning and its Difficult Aspects - An Analysis of the Criticism in Relation to a Controversial Concept - Theo Harden: The Limits of Understanding - HansJurgen Krumm: The Languages of our Neighbours - How Realistic is a Concept of Multilingualism in a Multilingual and Multicultural Europe? - Lothar Bredella: The Significance of Intercultural Understanding in the Foreign Language Classroom - Hannes Kniffka: Alien Reading - Newspaper Ads in Intercultural Understanding - Anne Fuchs: How to be a Pilgrim and a Cartographer at the Same Time - Some Deliberations on Intercultural Understanding - Sabine Strumper-Krobb: Understanding Culture and Cultural Differences through Literary Translation Studies - Emer O'Sullivan/Dietmar Rosler: ‘We’re not like that!’ - Using Stereotypes of the Learners’ Culture in Target Language Texts to Increase Intercultural Awareness - Elke Hentschel: Cold at Heart - Some Personal Observations on Intercultural Misunderstandings - Vridhagiri Ganeshan: Intercultural Mis(s)-understanding between Indians and Germans - Some Observations from an Indian Perspective - Marlene Rall: Last Glances of the ‘Imperial Eyes’ - Cooperative Principle and Intellectual Styles in the Mexican Foreign Language Classroom.