Less a textbook than a forum for language teachers to share examples of what worked for them in teaching learners both in multicultural societies and in the study of other societies. Some common themes that the 17 chapters emphasize include: having learners become aware of the cultural phenomena of their own society as well as others; the development of analytic and interpretive skills in unfamiliar social and cultural settings; the value of collecting firsthand data outside the classroom; and the use of literary texts to stimulate emotional as well as cognitive understanding of "otherness."

The international partnership program / Carol Morgan -- Teaching intercultural communicative competence through literature / Eva Burwitz-Melzer -- 'Up the hills of identity' / Elena Tarasheva and Leah Davcheva -- Visual codes and modes of presentation of television news broadcasts / Maria Metodieva Genova -- An approach to implementing a cultural studies syllabus / Iskra Georgieva -- 'Family life' and 'regional identity' - comparative studies while learning French / Sylvia Duffy and Janet Mayes -- 'It must be cultural because I don't do it' : cultural awareness in initial TESOL teacher education / Mary Williams -- Virtual intercultural competence : a programme for Japanese elementary school students / Lynne Parmenter and Yuichi Tomita -- Students as virtual ethnographers : exploring the language culture-connection / Sheila Carel -- Working in tandem : an Anglo-French project / Clare Dodd -- New tools for old tricks : information and communication technology in teaching British cultural studies / Paul Whittaker -- Tandem learning as an intercultural activity / Jane Woodin -- 'Why do Danes put their elderly in nursing homes?' - working outside the classroom with adult second language learners / Judith Parsons and Peter Junge -- Cultural understanding in Danish schools / Leon Aktor and Karen Risager -- 'I thought my teacher fancied me' / Tanya Madjarova, Magdalena Botsmanova and Tanya Stamatova -- British and Bulgarian Christmas cards : a research project for students / Krassimira Topuzova -- Study of landscapes as an approach to openness to others / Françoise Vigneron.